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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	Burkina Faso	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	627	11,075	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	659	11,405	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	691	11,828	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	724	12,380	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	757	12,829	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	850	13,178	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	13,540	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	13,917	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	14,309	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	14,722	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	15,152	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	15,600	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	16,064	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	16,563	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	17,072	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	17,575	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	18,094	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	18,621	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	19,157	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	19,698	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	20,242	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	20,788	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	21,336	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	21,889	2,787

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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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, Burkina Faso, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.