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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	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	15,483	627	387
Dec 31, 2000	15,913	659	390
Dec 31, 2001	16,354	691	393
Dec 31, 2002	16,815	724	396
Dec 31, 2003	17,289	757	398
Dec 31, 2004	17,764	850	401
Dec 31, 2005	18,249	1,001	404
Dec 31, 2006	18,746	1,153	405
Dec 31, 2007	19,278	1,306	406
Dec 31, 2008	19,843	1,460	409
Dec 31, 2009	20,419	1,615	412
Dec 31, 2010	21,002	1,770	414
Dec 31, 2011	21,586	1,904	416
Dec 31, 2012	22,181	2,010	420
Dec 31, 2013	22,800	2,103	426
Dec 31, 2014	23,513	2,187	435
Dec 31, 2015	24,273	2,261	445
Dec 31, 2016	24,995	2,326	455
Dec 31, 2017	25,680	2,384	468
Dec 31, 2018	26,373	2,435	485
Dec 31, 2019	27,114	2,480	504
Dec 31, 2020	27,878	2,519	516
Dec 31, 2021	28,663	2,553	518
Dec 31, 2022	29,417	2,559	530

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