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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	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	627	51,181	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	659	52,782	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	691	54,453	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	724	56,170	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	757	57,860	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	850	59,599	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	61,474	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	63,479	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	65,590	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	67,800	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	70,114	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	72,550	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	75,138	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	77,792	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	80,534	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	83,368	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	86,229	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	89,193	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	92,209	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	95,232	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	98,320	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	101,499	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	104,767	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	108,171	3,228

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, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.