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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	Sudan	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	26,168	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	26,771	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	27,387	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	28,017	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	28,662	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	29,321	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	29,996	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	30,686	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	31,393	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	32,137	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	33,078	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	33,891	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	34,568	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	35,293	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	36,093	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	37,058	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	38,165	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,294	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,512	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	41,764	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	42,952	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	44,121	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	45,290	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	46,498	2,559

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