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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	Turkmenistan
Dec 31, 1999	627	273	4,324
Dec 31, 2000	659	274	4,385
Dec 31, 2001	691	275	4,444
Dec 31, 2002	724	276	4,502
Dec 31, 2003	757	278	4,556
Dec 31, 2004	850	279	4,608
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	280	4,664
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	281	4,719
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	282	4,773
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	283	4,828
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	285	4,884
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	286	4,940
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	287	4,996
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	288	5,053
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	289	5,110
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	290	5,169
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	291	5,227
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	291	5,287
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	292	5,346
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	293	5,405
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	294	5,464
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	294	5,522
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	295	5,579
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	295	5,657

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 Qatar, Barbados, Turkmenistan; the database as a whole is cited above.