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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	Malta	Cameroon	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	387	15,483	627
Dec 31, 2000	390	15,913	659
Dec 31, 2001	393	16,354	691
Dec 31, 2002	396	16,815	724
Dec 31, 2003	398	17,289	757
Dec 31, 2004	401	17,764	850
Dec 31, 2005	404	18,249	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	405	18,746	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	406	19,278	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	409	19,843	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	412	20,419	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	414	21,002	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	416	21,586	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	420	22,181	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	426	22,800	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	435	23,513	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	445	24,273	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	455	24,995	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	468	25,680	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	485	26,373	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	504	27,114	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	516	27,878	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	518	28,663	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	530	29,417	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 Malta, Cameroon, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.