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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Cameroon	Italy	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	15,483	56,940	627
Dec 31, 2000	15,913	56,966	659
Dec 31, 2001	16,354	57,004	691
Dec 31, 2002	16,815	57,114	724
Dec 31, 2003	17,289	57,423	757
Dec 31, 2004	17,764	57,852	850
Dec 31, 2005	18,249	58,191	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	18,746	58,424	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	19,278	58,781	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	19,843	59,236	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	20,419	59,580	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	21,002	59,844	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	21,586	60,052	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	22,181	60,216	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	22,800	60,337	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	23,513	60,346	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	24,273	60,255	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	24,995	60,140	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	25,680	60,027	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	26,373	59,902	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	27,114	59,754	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	27,878	59,464	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	28,663	59,158	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	29,417	58,966	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

Italy

1451-1861: Chilosi, D., & Ciccarelli, C. (2023). Italy in the Great Divergence: What Can We Learn from Engel’s Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4514091).
1861-1871 (North Italy): Malanima, P. (2010), “The long decline of a leading economy: GDP in central and northern Italy, 1300–1913” European Review of Economic History 15 (2): 169–219.
1871-1990: Baffigi, A. (2011).”Italian National Accounts, 1861-2011”, Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers 18.

No separate list is published for Cameroon, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.