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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	Paraguay	São Tomé & Príncipe	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	5,366	138	627
Dec 31, 2000	5,473	141	659
Dec 31, 2001	5,579	144	691
Dec 31, 2002	5,683	147	724
Dec 31, 2003	5,786	151	757
Dec 31, 2004	5,886	154	850
Dec 31, 2005	5,984	158	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	6,080	161	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	6,173	165	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	6,264	168	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	6,352	172	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	6,438	176	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	6,522	180	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	6,605	183	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	6,688	187	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	6,769	190	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	6,850	194	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	6,930	198	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	7,012	201	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	7,095	204	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	7,179	208	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	7,263	212	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	7,348	216	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	7,432	220	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 Paraguay, São Tomé & Príncipe, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.