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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	Nepal	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	627	23,087	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	659	23,487	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	691	23,887	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	724	24,273	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	757	24,645	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	850	24,989	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	25,255	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	25,484	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	25,732	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	25,998	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	26,298	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	26,664	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	27,081	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	27,505	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	27,917	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	28,311	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	28,678	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	29,034	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	29,384	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	29,718	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	30,057	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	30,595	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	31,311	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	31,845	3,228

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, Nepal, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.