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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	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	627	51,181	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	659	52,782	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	691	54,453	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	724	56,170	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	757	57,860	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	850	59,599	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	61,474	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	63,479	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	65,590	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	67,800	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	70,114	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	72,550	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	75,138	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	77,792	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	80,534	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	83,368	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	86,229	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	89,193	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	92,209	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	95,232	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	98,320	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	101,499	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	104,767	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	108,171	34,081

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

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

No separate list is published for Qatar, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.