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Population, long-run history by country

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Jamaica	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,643	627
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,670	659
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,694	691
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,707	724
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,709	757
Dec 31, 2004	293	2,711	850
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,711	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,710	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,708	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,705	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,702	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,697	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,692	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,686	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,682	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	327	2,678	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	331	2,675	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	335	2,674	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	343	2,673	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	353	2,673	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	361	2,674	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	366	2,675	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	372	2,676	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	380	2,676	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.

Jamaica

1850 - 1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)

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