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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	North Korea	Oman	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	22,594	2,348	627
Dec 31, 2000	22,785	2,403	659
Dec 31, 2001	22,977	2,457	691
Dec 31, 2002	23,165	2,510	724
Dec 31, 2003	23,330	2,562	757
Dec 31, 2004	23,477	2,613	850
Dec 31, 2005	23,621	2,663	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	23,764	2,713	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	23,908	2,764	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	24,051	2,816	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	24,191	2,871	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	24,326	2,928	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	24,457	2,986	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	24,589	3,047	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	24,720	3,110	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	24,852	3,174	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	24,983	3,240	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	25,115	3,307	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	25,248	3,375	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	25,381	3,444	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	25,497	3,512	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	25,608	3,582	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	25,711	3,651	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	25,808	3,696	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

North Korea

1911-1940: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.
1990-2011: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.

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