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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	Oman	Moldova	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	627	2,348	4,244	433
Dec 31, 2000	659	2,403	4,199	438
Dec 31, 2001	691	2,457	4,154	443
Dec 31, 2002	724	2,510	4,108	448
Dec 31, 2003	757	2,562	4,059	454
Dec 31, 2004	850	2,613	4,013	460
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	2,663	3,966	467
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	2,713	3,919	474
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	2,764	3,873	482
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	2,816	3,829	491
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	2,871	3,788	500
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	2,928	3,748	509
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	2,986	3,709	521
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	3,047	3,671	533
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	3,110	3,633	547
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	3,174	3,595	560
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	3,240	3,558	571
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	3,307	3,522	586
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	3,375	3,485	599
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	3,444	3,448	610
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	3,512	3,412	623
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	3,582	3,376	633
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	3,651	3,339	643
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	3,696	3,570	651

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

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