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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	Malta	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	627	387	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	659	390	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	691	393	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	724	396	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	757	398	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	850	401	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	404	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	405	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	406	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	409	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	412	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	414	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	416	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	420	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	426	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	435	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	445	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	455	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	468	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	485	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	504	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	516	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	518	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	530	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.

All data sources

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, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.