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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	Barbados	Burkina Faso	Netherlands	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	15,817	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	15,932	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	16,052	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	16,155	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	16,231	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	16,288	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	16,326	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	16,352	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	16,388	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	16,452	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	16,536	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	16,621	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	16,699	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	16,761	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	16,810	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	16,871	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	16,946	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	17,036	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	17,137	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	17,238	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	17,351	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	17,448	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	17,539	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	17,709	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.

All data sources

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

Netherlands

1348–1807 (Holland): Van Zanden, J. L. and van Leeuwen, B. (2012), ‘Persistent but not consistent: the growth of national income in Holland 1347–1807’, Explorations in Economic History, 49 (2012), pp. 119–30.
1807-1913: Smits, J.P., E. Horlings and J.L. van Zanden (2000). The Measurement of Gross National Product and its Components 1800-1913 (Groningen Growth and Development Centre Monograph series no 5).
1913-1950: C.A. van Bochove and T.A. Huitker, "Main National Accounting Series, 1900-1986", CBS Occasional Paper, No. 17, The Hague, 1987.

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