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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	Oman	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	627	51,181	2,348	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	659	52,782	2,403	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	691	54,453	2,457	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	724	56,170	2,510	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	757	57,860	2,562	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	850	59,599	2,613	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	61,474	2,663	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	63,479	2,713	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	65,590	2,764	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	67,800	2,816	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	70,114	2,871	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	72,550	2,928	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	75,138	2,986	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	77,792	3,047	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	80,534	3,110	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	83,368	3,174	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	86,229	3,240	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	89,193	3,307	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	92,209	3,375	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	95,232	3,444	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	98,320	3,512	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	101,499	3,582	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	104,767	3,651	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	108,171	3,696	5,042

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.

All data sources

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, Oman, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.