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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	Libya
Dec 31, 1999	70	627	4,993
Dec 31, 2000	71	659	5,116
Dec 31, 2001	71	691	5,237
Dec 31, 2002	72	724	5,357
Dec 31, 2003	72	757	5,476
Dec 31, 2004	72	850	5,595
Dec 31, 2005	72	1,001	5,715
Dec 31, 2006	72	1,153	5,835
Dec 31, 2007	72	1,306	5,967
Dec 31, 2008	73	1,460	6,115
Dec 31, 2009	73	1,615	6,270
Dec 31, 2010	73	1,770	6,432
Dec 31, 2011	73	1,904	6,144
Dec 31, 2012	73	2,010	5,849
Dec 31, 2013	73	2,103	6,010
Dec 31, 2014	73	2,187	6,163
Dec 31, 2015	74	2,261	6,291
Dec 31, 2016	74	2,326	6,415
Dec 31, 2017	74	2,384	6,549
Dec 31, 2018	74	2,435	6,689
Dec 31, 2019	75	2,480	6,826
Dec 31, 2020	75	2,519	6,960
Dec 31, 2021	76	2,553	7,088
Dec 31, 2022	76	2,559	7,169

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