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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	Afghanistan	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	627
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	659
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	691
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	724
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	757
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	850
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	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

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