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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	North Macedonia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	627	2,006	273
Dec 31, 2000	659	2,017	274
Dec 31, 2001	691	2,026	275
Dec 31, 2002	724	2,011	276
Dec 31, 2003	757	2,018	278
Dec 31, 2004	850	2,024	279
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	2,028	280
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	2,031	281
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	2,035	282
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	2,038	283
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	2,042	285
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	2,046	286
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	2,049	287
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	2,052	288
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	2,055	289
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	2,058	290
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	2,061	291
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	2,063	291
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	2,065	292
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	2,067	293
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	2,068	294
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	2,065	294
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	2,057	295
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	2,048	295

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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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