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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	Cape Verde	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	627	422	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	659	430	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	691	438	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	724	447	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	757	455	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	850	463	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	471	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	478	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	486	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	494	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	501	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	509	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	516	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	524	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	531	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	539	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	546	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	553	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	562	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	568	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	574	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	580	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	585	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	590	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

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