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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	Cambodia	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	387	12,122	627
Dec 31, 2000	390	12,317	659
Dec 31, 2001	393	12,504	691
Dec 31, 2002	396	12,691	724
Dec 31, 2003	398	12,881	757
Dec 31, 2004	401	13,076	850
Dec 31, 2005	404	13,276	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	405	13,461	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	406	13,630	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	409	13,808	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	412	13,990	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	414	14,162	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	416	14,322	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	420	14,480	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	426	14,637	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	435	14,793	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	445	14,994	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	455	15,238	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	468	15,480	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	485	15,717	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	504	15,944	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	516	16,149	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	518	16,338	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	530	16,514	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, Cambodia, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.