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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	Qatar	Burundi
Dec 31, 1999	273	627	6,128
Dec 31, 2000	274	659	6,282
Dec 31, 2001	275	691	6,466
Dec 31, 2002	276	724	6,670
Dec 31, 2003	278	757	6,897
Dec 31, 2004	279	850	7,167
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,001	7,439
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,153	7,709
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,306	7,991
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,460	8,318
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,615	8,741
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,770	9,140
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,904	9,440
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,010	9,748
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,103	10,069
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,187	10,380
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,261	10,577
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,326	10,721
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,384	10,955
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,435	11,229
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,480	11,602
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,519	11,987
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,553	12,384
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,559	12,795

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