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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Nigeria	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	121,649	627
Dec 31, 2000	125,014	659
Dec 31, 2001	128,513	691
Dec 31, 2002	132,165	724
Dec 31, 2003	135,971	757
Dec 31, 2004	139,900	850
Dec 31, 2005	143,914	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	148,019	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	152,195	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	156,434	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	160,751	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	165,142	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	169,607	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	174,142	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	178,737	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	183,362	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	187,979	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	192,594	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	197,417	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	202,498	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	207,699	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	213,021	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	218,473	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	223,735	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

Nigeria

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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