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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	Cameroon	Burkina Faso	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	15,483	11,075	627
Dec 31, 2000	15,913	11,405	659
Dec 31, 2001	16,354	11,828	691
Dec 31, 2002	16,815	12,380	724
Dec 31, 2003	17,289	12,829	757
Dec 31, 2004	17,764	13,178	850
Dec 31, 2005	18,249	13,540	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	18,746	13,917	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	19,278	14,309	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	19,843	14,722	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	20,419	15,152	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	21,002	15,600	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	21,586	16,064	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	22,181	16,563	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	22,800	17,072	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	23,513	17,575	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	24,273	18,094	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	24,995	18,621	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	25,680	19,157	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	26,373	19,698	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	27,114	20,242	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	27,878	20,788	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	28,663	21,336	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	29,417	21,889	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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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 Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.