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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	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	627	26,168	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	659	26,771	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	691	27,387	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	724	28,017	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	757	28,662	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	850	29,321	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	29,996	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	30,686	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	31,393	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	32,137	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	33,078	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	33,891	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	34,568	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	35,293	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	36,093	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	37,058	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	38,165	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	39,294	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	40,512	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	41,764	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	42,952	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	44,121	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	45,290	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	46,498	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, Sudan, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.