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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	Namibia
Dec 31, 1999	627	51,181	1,841
Dec 31, 2000	659	52,782	1,893
Dec 31, 2001	691	54,453	1,945
Dec 31, 2002	724	56,170	1,981
Dec 31, 2003	757	57,860	2,008
Dec 31, 2004	850	59,599	2,034
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	61,474	2,060
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	63,479	2,086
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	65,590	2,113
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	67,800	2,141
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	70,114	2,170
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	72,550	2,201
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	75,138	2,232
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	77,792	2,268
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	80,534	2,312
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	83,368	2,360
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	86,229	2,408
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	89,193	2,456
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	92,209	2,505
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	95,232	2,554
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	98,320	2,602
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	101,499	2,651
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	104,767	2,700
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	108,171	2,739

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