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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	Cambodia	Oman	Burkina Faso	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	12,122	2,348	11,075	627
Dec 31, 2000	12,317	2,403	11,405	659
Dec 31, 2001	12,504	2,457	11,828	691
Dec 31, 2002	12,691	2,510	12,380	724
Dec 31, 2003	12,881	2,562	12,829	757
Dec 31, 2004	13,076	2,613	13,178	850
Dec 31, 2005	13,276	2,663	13,540	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	13,461	2,713	13,917	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	13,630	2,764	14,309	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	13,808	2,816	14,722	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	13,990	2,871	15,152	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	14,162	2,928	15,600	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	14,322	2,986	16,064	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	14,480	3,047	16,563	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	14,637	3,110	17,072	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	14,793	3,174	17,575	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	14,994	3,240	18,094	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	15,238	3,307	18,621	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	15,480	3,375	19,157	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	15,717	3,444	19,698	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	15,944	3,512	20,242	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	16,149	3,582	20,788	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	16,338	3,651	21,336	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	16,514	3,696	21,889	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.

All data sources

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 Cambodia, Oman, Burkina Faso, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.