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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	Dominica	Barbados	Romania	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	70	273	22,414	627
Dec 31, 2000	71	274	22,262	659
Dec 31, 2001	71	275	22,106	691
Dec 31, 2002	72	276	21,931	724
Dec 31, 2003	72	278	21,828	757
Dec 31, 2004	72	279	21,704	850
Dec 31, 2005	72	280	21,571	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	72	281	21,443	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	72	282	21,129	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	73	283	20,779	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	73	285	20,607	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	73	286	20,485	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	73	287	20,385	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	73	288	20,296	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	73	289	20,224	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	73	290	20,151	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	74	291	20,055	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	74	291	19,938	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	74	292	19,823	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	74	293	19,713	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	75	294	19,622	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	75	294	19,496	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	76	295	19,351	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	76	295	19,266	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.

All data sources

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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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