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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	Qatar	Guinea
Dec 31, 1999	387	627	7,610
Dec 31, 2000	390	659	7,780
Dec 31, 2001	393	691	7,821
Dec 31, 2002	396	724	7,906
Dec 31, 2003	398	757	8,121
Dec 31, 2004	401	850	8,317
Dec 31, 2005	404	1,001	8,478
Dec 31, 2006	405	1,153	8,650
Dec 31, 2007	406	1,306	8,860
Dec 31, 2008	409	1,460	9,091
Dec 31, 2009	412	1,615	9,327
Dec 31, 2010	414	1,770	9,571
Dec 31, 2011	416	1,904	9,825
Dec 31, 2012	420	2,010	10,084
Dec 31, 2013	426	2,103	10,351
Dec 31, 2014	435	2,187	10,632
Dec 31, 2015	445	2,261	10,924
Dec 31, 2016	455	2,326	11,225
Dec 31, 2017	468	2,384	11,534
Dec 31, 2018	485	2,435	11,855
Dec 31, 2019	504	2,480	12,160
Dec 31, 2020	516	2,519	12,469
Dec 31, 2021	518	2,553	12,778
Dec 31, 2022	530	2,559	13,087

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, Qatar, Guinea; the database as a whole is cited above.