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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	Cape Verde	Estonia	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	422	1,378	627
Dec 31, 2000	430	1,400	659
Dec 31, 2001	438	1,391	691
Dec 31, 2002	447	1,382	724
Dec 31, 2003	455	1,374	757
Dec 31, 2004	463	1,365	850
Dec 31, 2005	471	1,357	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	478	1,349	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	486	1,341	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	494	1,337	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	501	1,334	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	509	1,332	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	516	1,328	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	524	1,324	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	531	1,319	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	539	1,314	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	546	1,312	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	553	1,314	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	562	1,314	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	568	1,318	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	574	1,323	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	580	1,327	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	585	1,329	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	590	1,330	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 Cape Verde, Estonia, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.