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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	Tunisia	Qatar	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	9,417	627	277
Dec 31, 2000	9,514	659	281
Dec 31, 2001	9,613	691	285
Dec 31, 2002	9,711	724	288
Dec 31, 2003	9,810	757	289
Dec 31, 2004	9,906	850	293
Dec 31, 2005	9,997	1,001	296
Dec 31, 2006	10,087	1,153	304
Dec 31, 2007	10,178	1,306	311
Dec 31, 2008	10,274	1,460	319
Dec 31, 2009	10,377	1,615	319
Dec 31, 2010	10,491	1,770	318
Dec 31, 2011	10,612	1,904	319
Dec 31, 2012	10,737	2,010	321
Dec 31, 2013	10,866	2,103	324
Dec 31, 2014	10,996	2,187	327
Dec 31, 2015	11,124	2,261	331
Dec 31, 2016	11,248	2,326	335
Dec 31, 2017	11,365	2,384	343
Dec 31, 2018	11,477	2,435	353
Dec 31, 2019	11,583	2,480	361
Dec 31, 2020	11,681	2,519	366
Dec 31, 2021	11,772	2,553	372
Dec 31, 2022	11,862	2,559	380

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

No separate list is published for Tunisia, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.