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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date QatarSaudi ArabiaCongo - Kinshasa
62719,96451,181
65920,42652,782
69120,95654,453
72421,54956,170
75722,18957,860
85022,85059,599
1,00123,51661,474
1,15324,17863,479
1,30624,84165,590
1,46025,51867,800
1,61526,22770,114
1,77027,06872,550
1,90427,81075,138
2,01028,51677,792
2,10329,22080,534
2,18729,93683,368
2,26130,64686,229
2,32631,36089,193
2,38432,18492,209
2,43532,86995,232
2,48033,66198,320
2,51934,542101,499
2,55333,651104,767
2,55934,081108,171

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

Saudi Arabia

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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