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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	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	627	51,181	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	659	52,782	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	691	54,453	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	724	56,170	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	757	57,860	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	850	59,599	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	61,474	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	63,479	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	65,590	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	67,800	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	70,114	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	72,550	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	75,138	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	77,792	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	80,534	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	83,368	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	86,229	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	89,193	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	92,209	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	95,232	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	98,320	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	101,499	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	104,767	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	108,171	46,498

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