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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	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	627	138	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	659	141	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	691	144	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	724	147	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	757	151	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	850	154	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	158	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	161	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	165	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	168	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	172	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	176	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	180	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	183	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	187	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	190	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	194	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	198	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	201	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	204	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	208	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	212	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	216	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	220	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.

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