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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	Sierra Leone	Congo - Kinshasa	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	3,736	51,181	627
Dec 31, 2000	3,809	52,782	659
Dec 31, 2001	4,043	54,453	691
Dec 31, 2002	4,287	56,170	724
Dec 31, 2003	4,466	57,860	757
Dec 31, 2004	4,602	59,599	850
Dec 31, 2005	4,708	61,474	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	4,818	63,479	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	4,918	65,590	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	5,023	67,800	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	5,132	70,114	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	5,246	72,550	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	5,364	75,138	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	5,486	77,792	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	5,613	80,534	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	5,744	83,368	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	5,879	86,229	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	6,019	89,193	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	6,163	92,209	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	6,312	95,232	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	6,461	98,320	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	6,611	101,499	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	6,761	104,767	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	6,910	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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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 Sierra Leone, Congo - Kinshasa, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.