Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Dominica	Afghanistan	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	22,206	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	22,461	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	22,507	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	23,600	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	25,005	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	25,698	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	26,335	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	27,154	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	27,387	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	27,706	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	28,484	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	29,121	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	29,758	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	30,420	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	31,108	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	31,823	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	32,564	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	33,332	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	34,125	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	34,941	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	35,972	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	37,034	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	38,127	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	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.

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, Dominica, Afghanistan, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.