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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	Paraguay	Mauritania
Dec 31, 1999	627	5,366	2,437
Dec 31, 2000	659	5,473	2,501
Dec 31, 2001	691	5,579	2,566
Dec 31, 2002	724	5,683	2,632
Dec 31, 2003	757	5,786	2,699
Dec 31, 2004	850	5,886	2,768
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	5,984	2,838
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	6,080	2,909
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	6,173	2,981
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	6,264	3,055
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	6,352	3,129
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	6,438	3,205
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	6,522	3,282
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	6,605	3,359
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	6,688	3,438
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	6,769	3,517
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	6,850	3,597
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	6,930	3,677
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	7,012	3,759
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	7,095	3,840
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	7,179	3,942
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	7,263	4,045
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	7,348	4,150
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	7,432	4,259

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, Paraguay, Mauritania; the database as a whole is cited above.