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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	Sudan	Oman	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	627	26,168	2,348	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	659	26,771	2,403	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	691	27,387	2,457	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	724	28,017	2,510	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	757	28,662	2,562	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	850	29,321	2,613	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	29,996	2,663	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	30,686	2,713	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	31,393	2,764	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	32,137	2,816	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	33,078	2,871	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	33,891	2,928	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	34,568	2,986	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	35,293	3,047	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	36,093	3,110	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	37,058	3,174	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	38,165	3,240	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	39,294	3,307	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	40,512	3,375	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	41,764	3,444	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	42,952	3,512	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	44,121	3,582	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	45,290	3,651	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	46,498	3,696	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.

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