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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	Sudan	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	627	26,168	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	659	26,771	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	691	27,387	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	724	28,017	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	757	28,662	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	850	29,321	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	29,996	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	30,686	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	31,393	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	32,137	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	33,078	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	33,891	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	34,568	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	35,293	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	36,093	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	37,058	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	38,165	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	39,294	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	40,512	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	41,764	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	42,952	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	44,121	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	45,290	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	46,498	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, Sudan, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.