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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	Iceland	Montenegro	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	277	623	627
Dec 31, 2000	281	623	659
Dec 31, 2001	285	623	691
Dec 31, 2002	288	622	724
Dec 31, 2003	289	621	757
Dec 31, 2004	293	621	850
Dec 31, 2005	296	621	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	304	620	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	311	620	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	319	621	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	319	622	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	318	623	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	319	622	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	321	622	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	324	622	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	327	621	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	331	620	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	335	618	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	343	616	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	353	614	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	361	613	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	366	612	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	372	611	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	380	610	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.

Montenegro

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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