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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	Afghanistan	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	10,099

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 Afghanistan, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.