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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	Nepal	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	627	23,087	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	659	23,487	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	691	23,887	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	724	24,273	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	757	24,645	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	850	24,989	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	25,255	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	25,484	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	25,732	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	25,998	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	26,298	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	26,664	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	27,081	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	27,505	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	27,917	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	28,311	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	28,678	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	29,034	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	29,384	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	29,718	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	30,057	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	30,595	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	31,311	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	31,845	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, Nepal, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.