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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	Madagascar	Oman	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	15,259	2,348	627
Dec 31, 2000	15,707	2,403	659
Dec 31, 2001	16,162	2,457	691
Dec 31, 2002	16,631	2,510	724
Dec 31, 2003	17,114	2,562	757
Dec 31, 2004	17,610	2,613	850
Dec 31, 2005	18,120	2,663	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	18,641	2,713	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	19,173	2,764	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	19,717	2,816	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	20,272	2,871	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	20,837	2,928	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	21,413	2,986	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	21,999	3,047	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	22,593	3,110	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	23,196	3,174	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	23,806	3,240	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	24,423	3,307	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	25,044	3,375	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	25,671	3,444	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	26,302	3,512	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	26,936	3,582	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	27,573	3,651	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	28,237	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

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