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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	Seychelles	Denmark	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	78	5,322	627
Dec 31, 2000	79	5,339	659
Dec 31, 2001	80	5,358	691
Dec 31, 2002	81	5,377	724
Dec 31, 2003	82	5,391	757
Dec 31, 2004	83	5,404	850
Dec 31, 2005	84	5,420	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	85	5,438	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	86	5,461	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	87	5,494	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	87	5,524	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	88	5,548	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	89	5,571	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	90	5,592	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	91	5,614	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	92	5,644	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	92	5,683	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	93	5,730	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	94	5,766	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	95	5,795	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	96	5,818	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	97	5,831	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	98	5,855	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	98	5,907	2,559

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 Seychelles, Denmark, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.