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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	Qatar	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	12,122	627	387
Dec 31, 2000	12,317	659	390
Dec 31, 2001	12,504	691	393
Dec 31, 2002	12,691	724	396
Dec 31, 2003	12,881	757	398
Dec 31, 2004	13,076	850	401
Dec 31, 2005	13,276	1,001	404
Dec 31, 2006	13,461	1,153	405
Dec 31, 2007	13,630	1,306	406
Dec 31, 2008	13,808	1,460	409
Dec 31, 2009	13,990	1,615	412
Dec 31, 2010	14,162	1,770	414
Dec 31, 2011	14,322	1,904	416
Dec 31, 2012	14,480	2,010	420
Dec 31, 2013	14,637	2,103	426
Dec 31, 2014	14,793	2,187	435
Dec 31, 2015	14,994	2,261	445
Dec 31, 2016	15,238	2,326	455
Dec 31, 2017	15,480	2,384	468
Dec 31, 2018	15,717	2,435	485
Dec 31, 2019	15,944	2,480	504
Dec 31, 2020	16,149	2,519	516
Dec 31, 2021	16,338	2,553	518
Dec 31, 2022	16,514	2,559	530

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

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