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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	Bangladesh	Guinea
Dec 31, 1999	627	132,907	7,610
Dec 31, 2000	659	135,207	7,780
Dec 31, 2001	691	137,420	7,821
Dec 31, 2002	724	139,573	7,906
Dec 31, 2003	757	141,650	8,121
Dec 31, 2004	850	143,644	8,317
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	145,546	8,478
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	147,376	8,650
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	149,047	8,860
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	150,562	9,091
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	152,189	9,327
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	153,927	9,571
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	155,634	9,825
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	157,326	10,084
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	158,999	10,351
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	160,650	10,632
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	162,273	10,924
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	163,938	11,225
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	165,655	11,534
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	167,358	11,855
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	169,045	12,160
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	170,709	12,469
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	172,354	12,778
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	174,217	13,087

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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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