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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	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	627	51,181	152
Dec 31, 2000	659	52,782	153
Dec 31, 2001	691	54,453	154
Dec 31, 2002	724	56,170	155
Dec 31, 2003	757	57,860	156
Dec 31, 2004	850	59,599	157
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	61,474	157
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	63,479	158
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	65,590	159
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	67,800	160
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	70,114	160
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	72,550	161
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	75,138	162
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	77,792	162
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	80,534	163
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	83,368	163
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	86,229	164
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	89,193	164
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	92,209	165
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	95,232	166
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	98,320	166
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	101,499	167
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	104,767	167
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	108,171	167

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, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.