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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	Lesotho
Dec 31, 1999	70	627	1,908
Dec 31, 2000	71	659	1,916
Dec 31, 2001	71	691	1,922
Dec 31, 2002	72	724	1,926
Dec 31, 2003	72	757	1,926
Dec 31, 2004	72	850	1,925
Dec 31, 2005	72	1,001	1,922
Dec 31, 2006	72	1,153	1,919
Dec 31, 2007	72	1,306	1,917
Dec 31, 2008	73	1,460	1,915
Dec 31, 2009	73	1,615	1,916
Dec 31, 2010	73	1,770	1,920
Dec 31, 2011	73	1,904	1,925
Dec 31, 2012	73	2,010	1,930
Dec 31, 2013	73	2,103	1,936
Dec 31, 2014	73	2,187	1,942
Dec 31, 2015	74	2,261	1,948
Dec 31, 2016	74	2,326	1,953
Dec 31, 2017	74	2,384	1,958
Dec 31, 2018	74	2,435	1,962
Dec 31, 2019	75	2,480	1,987
Dec 31, 2020	75	2,519	2,013
Dec 31, 2021	76	2,553	2,037
Dec 31, 2022	76	2,559	2,059

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 Dominica, Qatar, Lesotho; the database as a whole is cited above.