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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	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	627	51,181	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	659	52,782	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	691	54,453	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	724	56,170	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	757	57,860	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	850	59,599	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	61,474	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	63,479	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	65,590	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	67,800	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	70,114	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	72,550	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	75,138	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	77,792	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	80,534	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	83,368	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	86,229	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	89,193	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	92,209	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	95,232	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	98,320	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	101,499	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	104,767	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	108,171	7,432

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