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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	Lesotho	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	1,908	3,811	627
Dec 31, 2000	1,916	3,901	659
Dec 31, 2001	1,922	3,919	691
Dec 31, 2002	1,926	3,923	724
Dec 31, 2003	1,926	3,940	757
Dec 31, 2004	1,925	3,975	850
Dec 31, 2005	1,922	3,991	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	1,919	3,993	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	1,917	3,990	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	1,915	3,987	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	1,916	3,985	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	1,920	3,983	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	1,925	3,980	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	1,930	3,977	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	1,936	3,973	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	1,942	3,968	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	1,948	3,963	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	1,953	3,957	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	1,958	3,951	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	1,962	3,944	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	1,987	3,937	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	2,013	3,929	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	2,037	3,921	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	2,059	3,876	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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

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