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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	Turkmenistan
Dec 31, 1999	627	51,181	4,324
Dec 31, 2000	659	52,782	4,385
Dec 31, 2001	691	54,453	4,444
Dec 31, 2002	724	56,170	4,502
Dec 31, 2003	757	57,860	4,556
Dec 31, 2004	850	59,599	4,608
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	61,474	4,664
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	63,479	4,719
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	65,590	4,773
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	67,800	4,828
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	70,114	4,884
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	72,550	4,940
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	75,138	4,996
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	77,792	5,053
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	80,534	5,110
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	83,368	5,169
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	86,229	5,227
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	89,193	5,287
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	92,209	5,346
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	95,232	5,405
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	98,320	5,464
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	101,499	5,522
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	104,767	5,579
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	108,171	5,657

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