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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	Liberia	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	70	2,741	627
Dec 31, 2000	71	2,847	659
Dec 31, 2001	71	2,917	691
Dec 31, 2002	72	2,978	724
Dec 31, 2003	72	2,983	757
Dec 31, 2004	72	3,005	850
Dec 31, 2005	72	3,138	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	72	3,311	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	72	3,469	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	73	3,603	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	73	3,708	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	73	3,817	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	73	3,984	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	73	4,141	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	73	4,244	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	73	4,348	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	74	4,460	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	74	4,576	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	74	4,689	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	74	4,810	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	75	4,904	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	75	5,005	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	76	5,109	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	76	5,216	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

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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