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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	Malawi	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,310	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,658	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	12,020	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,395	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,786	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,196	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,625	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	14,072	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,539	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	15,026	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,525	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	16,028	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,534	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	17,042	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,551	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	18,060	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,571	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,086	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,603	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	20,122	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,640	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	21,159	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,677	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	22,239	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

Malawi

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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