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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	Qatar	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	627	3,811	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	659	3,901	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	691	3,919	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	724	3,923	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	757	3,940	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	850	3,975	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	3,991	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	3,993	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	3,990	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	3,987	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	3,985	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	3,983	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	3,980	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	3,977	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	3,973	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	3,968	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	3,963	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	3,957	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	3,951	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	3,944	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	3,937	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	3,929	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	3,921	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	3,876	7,432

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.

All data sources

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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