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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	Chile	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	627	15,140	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	659	15,340	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	691	15,513	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	724	15,686	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	757	15,859	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	850	16,029	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	16,222	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	16,364	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	16,536	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	16,700	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	16,864	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	16,999	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	17,189	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	17,378	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	17,545	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	17,720	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	17,904	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	18,099	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	18,350	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	18,681	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	19,035	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	19,385	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	19,604	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	19,715	108,171

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

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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