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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	Lithuania	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,419	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,395	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,367	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,340	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,313	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,276	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,223	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,172	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,134	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,102	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,068	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,004	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,937	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,898	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,869	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,844	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,818	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,782	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,744	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,718	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,710	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,711	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,724	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,748	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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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, Lithuania, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.