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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	Qatar	Bahrain
Dec 31, 1999	277	627	633
Dec 31, 2000	281	659	648
Dec 31, 2001	285	691	665
Dec 31, 2002	288	724	707
Dec 31, 2003	289	757	773
Dec 31, 2004	293	850	839
Dec 31, 2005	296	1,001	907
Dec 31, 2006	304	1,153	974
Dec 31, 2007	311	1,306	1,043
Dec 31, 2008	319	1,460	1,096
Dec 31, 2009	319	1,615	1,133
Dec 31, 2010	318	1,770	1,168
Dec 31, 2011	319	1,904	1,202
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,010	1,236
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,103	1,268
Dec 31, 2014	327	2,187	1,301
Dec 31, 2015	331	2,261	1,333
Dec 31, 2016	335	2,326	1,365
Dec 31, 2017	343	2,384	1,396
Dec 31, 2018	353	2,435	1,428
Dec 31, 2019	361	2,480	1,459
Dec 31, 2020	366	2,519	1,489
Dec 31, 2021	372	2,553	1,511
Dec 31, 2022	380	2,559	1,521

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.

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