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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	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	627	51,181	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	659	52,782	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	691	54,453	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	724	56,170	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	757	57,860	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	850	59,599	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	61,474	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	63,479	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	65,590	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	67,800	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	70,114	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	72,550	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	75,138	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	77,792	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	80,534	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	83,368	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	86,229	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	89,193	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	92,209	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	95,232	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	98,320	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	101,499	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	104,767	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	108,171	3,570

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, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.