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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	Cape Verde	Moldova	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	422	4,244	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	430	4,199	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	438	4,154	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	447	4,108	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	455	4,059	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	463	4,013	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	471	3,966	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	478	3,919	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	486	3,873	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	494	3,829	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	501	3,788	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	3,748	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	516	3,709	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	524	3,671	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	531	3,633	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	539	3,595	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	546	3,558	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	553	3,522	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	562	3,485	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	568	3,448	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	574	3,412	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	580	3,376	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	585	3,339	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	590	3,570	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

No separate list is published for Barbados, Cape Verde, Moldova, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.