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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	Qatar	Burkina Faso	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	70	627	11,075	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	71	659	11,405	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	71	691	11,828	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	72	724	12,380	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	72	757	12,829	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	72	850	13,178	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	72	1,001	13,540	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	72	1,153	13,917	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	72	1,306	14,309	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	73	1,460	14,722	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	73	1,615	15,152	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	73	1,770	15,600	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	73	1,904	16,064	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	73	2,010	16,563	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	73	2,103	17,072	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	73	2,187	17,575	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	74	2,261	18,094	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	74	2,326	18,621	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	74	2,384	19,157	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	74	2,435	19,698	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	75	2,480	20,242	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	75	2,519	20,788	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	76	2,553	21,336	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	76	2,559	21,889	2,787

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

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