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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	Chile	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	15,140	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	15,340	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	15,513	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	15,686	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	15,859	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	16,029	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	16,222	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	16,364	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	16,536	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	16,700	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	16,864	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	16,999	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	17,189	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	17,378	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	17,545	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	17,720	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	17,904	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	18,099	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	18,350	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	18,681	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	19,035	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	19,385	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	19,604	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	19,715	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

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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