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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	Kazakhstan
Dec 31, 1999	273	627	15,357
Dec 31, 2000	274	659	15,335
Dec 31, 2001	275	691	15,383
Dec 31, 2002	276	724	15,447
Dec 31, 2003	278	757	15,526
Dec 31, 2004	279	850	15,629
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,001	15,758
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,153	15,914
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,306	16,086
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,460	16,271
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,615	16,480
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,770	16,697
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,904	16,911
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,010	17,124
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,103	17,333
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,187	17,540
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,261	17,743
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,326	17,941
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,384	18,133
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,435	18,316
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,480	18,491
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,519	18,656
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,553	18,813
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,559	19,011

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