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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	Namibia	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	627	1,841	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	659	1,893	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	691	1,945	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	724	1,981	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	757	2,008	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	850	2,034	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	2,060	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	2,086	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	2,113	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	2,141	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	2,170	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	2,201	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	2,232	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	2,268	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	2,312	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	2,360	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	2,408	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	2,456	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	2,505	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	2,554	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	2,602	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	2,651	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	2,700	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	2,739	31,058

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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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, Namibia, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.