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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	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	273	627	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	274	659	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	275	691	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	276	724	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	278	757	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	279	850	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,001	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,153	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,306	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,460	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,615	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,770	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,904	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,010	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,103	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,187	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,261	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,326	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,384	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,435	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,480	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,519	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,553	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,559	29,417

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, Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.