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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	627	138	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	659	141	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	691	144	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	724	147	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	757	151	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	850	154	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	158	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	161	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	165	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	168	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	172	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	176	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	180	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	183	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	187	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	190	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	194	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	198	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	201	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	204	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	208	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	212	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	216	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	220	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, São Tomé & Príncipe, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.