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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	627	138	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	659	141	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	691	144	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	724	147	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	757	151	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	850	154	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	158	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	161	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	165	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	168	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	172	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	176	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	180	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	183	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	187	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	190	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	194	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	198	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	201	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	204	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	208	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	212	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	216	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	220	3,570

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, São Tomé & Príncipe, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.