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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	Puerto Rico	Iceland	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,800	277	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,811	281	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,819	285	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,824	288	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,826	289	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,827	293	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,822	296	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,805	304	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,783	311	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,761	319	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,741	319	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,722	318	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,679	319	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,636	321	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,589	324	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,534	327	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,473	331	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,411	335	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,352	343	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,295	353	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,268	361	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,247	366	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,232	372	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,228	380	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

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, Puerto Rico, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.