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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	Estonia	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	627	1,378	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	659	1,400	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	691	1,391	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	724	1,382	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	757	1,374	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	850	1,365	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	1,357	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	1,349	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	1,341	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	1,337	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	1,334	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	1,332	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	1,328	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	1,324	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	1,319	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	1,314	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	1,312	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	1,314	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	1,314	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	1,318	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	1,323	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	1,327	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	1,329	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	1,330	6,910

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, Estonia, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.