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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	Chile	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	627	15,140	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	659	15,340	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	691	15,513	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	724	15,686	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	757	15,859	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	850	16,029	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	16,222	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	16,364	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	16,536	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	16,700	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	16,864	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	16,999	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	17,189	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	17,378	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	17,545	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	17,720	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	17,904	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	18,099	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	18,350	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	18,681	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	19,035	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	19,385	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	19,604	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	19,715	10,099

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

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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