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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	Qatar	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	15,483	627	433
Dec 31, 2000	15,913	659	438
Dec 31, 2001	16,354	691	443
Dec 31, 2002	16,815	724	448
Dec 31, 2003	17,289	757	454
Dec 31, 2004	17,764	850	460
Dec 31, 2005	18,249	1,001	467
Dec 31, 2006	18,746	1,153	474
Dec 31, 2007	19,278	1,306	482
Dec 31, 2008	19,843	1,460	491
Dec 31, 2009	20,419	1,615	500
Dec 31, 2010	21,002	1,770	509
Dec 31, 2011	21,586	1,904	521
Dec 31, 2012	22,181	2,010	533
Dec 31, 2013	22,800	2,103	547
Dec 31, 2014	23,513	2,187	560
Dec 31, 2015	24,273	2,261	571
Dec 31, 2016	24,995	2,326	586
Dec 31, 2017	25,680	2,384	599
Dec 31, 2018	26,373	2,435	610
Dec 31, 2019	27,114	2,480	623
Dec 31, 2020	27,878	2,519	633
Dec 31, 2021	28,663	2,553	643
Dec 31, 2022	29,417	2,559	651

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