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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	Mali	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	627	10,596	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	659	10,833	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	691	10,890	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	724	11,007	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	757	11,307	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	850	11,579	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	11,804	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	12,043	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	12,337	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	12,657	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	12,986	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	13,325	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	13,679	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	14,040	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	14,412	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	14,803	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	15,210	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	15,629	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	16,060	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	16,507	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	16,967	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	17,442	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	17,930	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	18,494	3,876

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

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