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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	Oman	Portugal	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,348	10,144	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,403	10,215	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,457	10,288	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,510	10,344	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,562	10,383	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,613	10,408	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,663	10,427	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,713	10,446	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,764	10,467	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,816	10,482	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,871	10,492	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,928	10,497	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,986	10,481	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,047	10,439	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,110	10,382	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,174	10,326	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,240	10,283	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,307	10,251	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,375	10,226	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,444	10,209	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,512	10,212	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,582	10,223	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,651	10,214	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,696	10,200	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

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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