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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Nepal	Italy	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	23,087	56,940	627
Dec 31, 2000	23,487	56,966	659
Dec 31, 2001	23,887	57,004	691
Dec 31, 2002	24,273	57,114	724
Dec 31, 2003	24,645	57,423	757
Dec 31, 2004	24,989	57,852	850
Dec 31, 2005	25,255	58,191	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	25,484	58,424	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	25,732	58,781	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	25,998	59,236	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	26,298	59,580	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	26,664	59,844	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	27,081	60,052	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	27,505	60,216	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	27,917	60,337	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	28,311	60,346	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	28,678	60,255	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	29,034	60,140	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	29,384	60,027	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	29,718	59,902	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	30,057	59,754	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	30,595	59,464	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	31,311	59,158	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	31,845	58,966	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

Italy

1451-1861: Chilosi, D., & Ciccarelli, C. (2023). Italy in the Great Divergence: What Can We Learn from Engel’s Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4514091).
1861-1871 (North Italy): Malanima, P. (2010), “The long decline of a leading economy: GDP in central and northern Italy, 1300–1913” European Review of Economic History 15 (2): 169–219.
1871-1990: Baffigi, A. (2011).”Italian National Accounts, 1861-2011”, Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers 18.

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