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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	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	70	627	11,075	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	71	659	11,405	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	71	691	11,828	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	72	724	12,380	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	72	757	12,829	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	72	850	13,178	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	72	1,001	13,540	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	72	1,153	13,917	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	72	1,306	14,309	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	73	1,460	14,722	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	73	1,615	15,152	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	73	1,770	15,600	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	73	1,904	16,064	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	73	2,010	16,563	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	73	2,103	17,072	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	73	2,187	17,575	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	74	2,261	18,094	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	74	2,326	18,621	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	74	2,384	19,157	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	74	2,435	19,698	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	75	2,480	20,242	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	75	2,519	20,788	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	76	2,553	21,336	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	76	2,559	21,889	7,432

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