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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	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	627	387	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	659	390	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	691	393	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	724	396	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	757	398	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	850	401	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	404	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	405	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	406	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	409	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	412	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	414	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	416	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	420	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	426	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	435	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	445	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	455	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	468	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	485	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	504	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	516	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	518	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	530	5,042

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