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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	Barbados	Burkina Faso	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	627	273	11,075	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	659	274	11,405	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	691	275	11,828	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	724	276	12,380	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	757	278	12,829	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	850	279	13,178	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	280	13,540	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	281	13,917	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	282	14,309	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	283	14,722	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	285	15,152	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	286	15,600	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	287	16,064	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	288	16,563	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	289	17,072	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	290	17,575	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	291	18,094	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	291	18,621	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	292	19,157	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	293	19,698	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	294	20,242	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	294	20,788	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	295	21,336	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	295	21,889	5,042

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

No separate list is published for Qatar, Barbados, Burkina Faso, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.