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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	Puerto Rico	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	627	3,800	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	659	3,811	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	691	3,819	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	724	3,824	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	757	3,826	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	850	3,827	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	3,822	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	3,805	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	3,783	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	3,761	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	3,741	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	3,722	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	3,679	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	3,636	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	3,589	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	3,534	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	3,473	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	3,411	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	3,352	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	3,295	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	3,268	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	3,247	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	3,232	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	3,228	18,494

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