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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Qatar	Congo - Kinshasa	Costa Rica
Dec 31, 1999	627	51,181	3,785
Dec 31, 2000	659	52,782	3,867
Dec 31, 2001	691	54,453	3,951
Dec 31, 2002	724	56,170	4,021
Dec 31, 2003	757	57,860	4,079
Dec 31, 2004	850	59,599	4,145
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	61,474	4,212
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	63,479	4,278
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	65,590	4,338
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	67,800	4,400
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	70,114	4,467
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	72,550	4,544
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	75,138	4,587
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	77,792	4,648
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	80,534	4,707
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	83,368	4,768
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	86,229	4,827
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	89,193	4,885
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	92,209	4,942
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	95,232	4,998
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	98,320	5,052
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	101,499	5,105
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	104,767	5,158
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	108,171	5,185

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

No separate list is published for Qatar, Congo - Kinshasa, Costa Rica; the database as a whole is cited above.