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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	Oman	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	387	2,348	627
Dec 31, 2000	390	2,403	659
Dec 31, 2001	393	2,457	691
Dec 31, 2002	396	2,510	724
Dec 31, 2003	398	2,562	757
Dec 31, 2004	401	2,613	850
Dec 31, 2005	404	2,663	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	405	2,713	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	406	2,764	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	409	2,816	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	412	2,871	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	414	2,928	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	416	2,986	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	420	3,047	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	426	3,110	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	435	3,174	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	445	3,240	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	455	3,307	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	468	3,375	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	485	3,444	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	504	3,512	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	516	3,582	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	518	3,651	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	530	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 Malta, Oman, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.