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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	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	273	627	531
Dec 31, 2000	274	659	545
Dec 31, 2001	275	691	559
Dec 31, 2002	276	724	574
Dec 31, 2003	278	757	590
Dec 31, 2004	279	850	606
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,001	623
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,153	640
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,306	657
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,460	674
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,615	690
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,770	706
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,904	722
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,010	737
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,103	752
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,187	767
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,261	781
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,326	795
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,384	808
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,435	821
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,480	837
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,519	853
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,553	869
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,559	885

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