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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	St. Lucia	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	152	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	153	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	154	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	155	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	156	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	157	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	157	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	158	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	159	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	160	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	160	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	161	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	162	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	162	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	163	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	163	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	164	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	164	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	165	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	166	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	166	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	167	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	167	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	167	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.

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