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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Bolivia	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	277	8,007	627
Dec 31, 2000	281	8,177	659
Dec 31, 2001	285	8,351	691
Dec 31, 2002	288	8,529	724
Dec 31, 2003	289	8,711	757
Dec 31, 2004	293	8,895	850
Dec 31, 2005	296	9,081	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	304	9,268	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	311	9,457	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	319	9,647	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	319	9,836	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	318	10,024	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	319	10,211	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	321	10,397	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	324	10,581	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	327	10,763	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	331	10,942	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	335	11,118	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	343	11,289	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	353	11,456	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	361	11,621	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	366	11,775	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	372	11,917	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	380	12,060	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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

Bolivia

1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

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