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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	Luxembourg	Puerto Rico	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	433	3,800	627
Dec 31, 2000	438	3,811	659
Dec 31, 2001	443	3,819	691
Dec 31, 2002	448	3,824	724
Dec 31, 2003	454	3,826	757
Dec 31, 2004	460	3,827	850
Dec 31, 2005	467	3,822	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	474	3,805	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	482	3,783	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	491	3,761	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	500	3,741	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	509	3,722	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	521	3,679	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	533	3,636	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	547	3,589	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	560	3,534	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	571	3,473	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	586	3,411	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	599	3,352	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	610	3,295	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	623	3,268	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	633	3,247	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	643	3,232	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	651	3,228	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

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