Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Yemen	Burkina Faso	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	627	16,728	11,075	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	659	17,236	11,405	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	691	17,762	11,828	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	724	18,310	12,380	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	757	18,855	12,829	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	850	19,410	13,178	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	20,000	13,540	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	20,611	13,917	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	21,236	14,309	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	21,878	14,722	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	22,533	15,152	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	23,195	15,600	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	23,880	16,064	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	24,594	16,563	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	25,311	17,072	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	26,020	17,575	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	26,698	18,094	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	27,347	18,621	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	27,985	19,157	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	28,608	19,698	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	29,216	20,242	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	29,811	20,788	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	30,399	21,336	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	31,058	21,889	46,498

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