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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	Singapore	Congo - Kinshasa	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	3,959	51,181	627
Dec 31, 2000	4,028	52,782	659
Dec 31, 2001	4,138	54,453	691
Dec 31, 2002	4,176	56,170	724
Dec 31, 2003	4,115	57,860	757
Dec 31, 2004	4,167	59,599	850
Dec 31, 2005	4,266	61,474	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	4,401	63,479	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	4,589	65,590	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	4,839	67,800	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	4,988	70,114	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	5,077	72,550	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	5,184	75,138	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	5,312	77,792	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	5,399	80,534	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	5,470	83,368	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	5,535	86,229	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	5,607	89,193	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	5,612	92,209	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	5,639	95,232	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	5,704	98,320	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	5,686	101,499	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	5,716	104,767	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	5,750	108,171	2,559

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

Singapore

1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).

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