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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	Mongolia	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	627	2,433	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	659	2,461	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	691	2,489	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	724	2,519	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	757	2,547	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	850	2,574	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	2,602	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	2,633	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	2,666	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	2,702	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	2,741	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	2,783	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	2,827	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	2,870	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	2,912	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	2,953	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	2,993	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	3,031	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	3,068	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	3,103	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	3,171	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	3,231	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	3,284	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	3,333	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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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, Mongolia, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.