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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	Eswatini
Dec 31, 1999	627	51,181	1,033
Dec 31, 2000	659	52,782	1,032
Dec 31, 2001	691	54,453	1,030
Dec 31, 2002	724	56,170	1,028
Dec 31, 2003	757	57,860	1,026
Dec 31, 2004	850	59,599	1,025
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	61,474	1,023
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	63,479	1,021
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	65,590	1,019
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	67,800	1,017
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	70,114	1,017
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	72,550	1,019
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	75,138	1,024
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	77,792	1,032
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	80,534	1,041
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	83,368	1,051
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	86,229	1,060
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	89,193	1,069
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	92,209	1,078
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	95,232	1,087
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	98,320	1,096
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	101,499	1,106
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	104,767	1,117
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	108,171	1,126

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