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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	Pakistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	627	141,497
Dec 31, 2000	274	659	145,759
Dec 31, 2001	275	691	150,448
Dec 31, 2002	276	724	154,585
Dec 31, 2003	278	757	158,209
Dec 31, 2004	279	850	161,556
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,001	165,075
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,153	168,846
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,306	172,882
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,460	176,809
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,615	180,690
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,770	184,989
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,904	189,314
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,010	193,569
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,103	197,994
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,187	202,387
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,261	206,716
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,326	210,929
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,384	215,276
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,435	219,927
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,480	224,604
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,519	229,276
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,553	233,942
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,559	238,413

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