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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	Qatar	Cambodia
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	627	12,122
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	659	12,317
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	691	12,504
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	724	12,691
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	757	12,881
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	850	13,076
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	1,001	13,276
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	1,153	13,461
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	1,306	13,630
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	1,460	13,808
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	1,615	13,990
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	1,770	14,162
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	1,904	14,322
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	2,010	14,480
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	2,103	14,637
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	2,187	14,793
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	2,261	14,994
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	2,326	15,238
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	2,384	15,480
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	2,435	15,717
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	2,480	15,944
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	2,519	16,149
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	2,553	16,338
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	2,559	16,514

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