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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	Indonesia	Moldova	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	208,105	4,244	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	211,408	4,199	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	214,475	4,154	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	217,516	4,108	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	220,549	4,059	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	224,473	4,013	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	227,534	3,966	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	230,739	3,919	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	233,918	3,873	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	237,056	3,829	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	240,140	3,788	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	243,171	3,748	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	246,150	3,709	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	249,086	3,671	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	251,947	3,633	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	254,702	3,595	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	257,351	3,558	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	259,906	3,522	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	262,379	3,485	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	264,789	3,448	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	267,142	3,412	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	269,437	3,376	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	271,674	3,339	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	273,409	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

Indonesia

1815 – 1880 (Java): Van Zanden (2012). “Economic Growth in Java 1815-1939: The Reconstruction of the Historical National Accounts of a Colonial Economy”, Maddison-Project Working Paper WP-3.
1880-2008: Van der Eng, P. (2010). The Sources of Long-Term Economic Growth in Indonesia, 1880-2008”, Explorations in Economic History, 47: 294-309

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