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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	Iceland	Qatar	Chad
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	627	7,559
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	659	7,821
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	691	8,092
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	724	8,395
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	757	8,763
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	850	9,191
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	1,001	9,594
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	1,153	9,967
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	1,306	10,338
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	1,460	10,728
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	1,615	11,139
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	1,770	11,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	1,904	11,983
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	2,010	12,427
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	2,103	12,895
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	2,187	13,379
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	2,261	13,823
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	2,326	14,277
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	2,384	14,765
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	2,435	15,252
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	2,480	15,750
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	2,519	16,257
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	2,553	16,776
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	2,559	17,307

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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