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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	Albania	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	3,085	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	3,065	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	3,047	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	3,038	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	3,026	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	3,014	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	2,998	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	2,979	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	2,957	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	2,934	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	2,915	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	2,900	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	2,892	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	2,888	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	2,882	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	2,876	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	2,868	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	2,863	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	2,861	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	2,854	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	2,842	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	2,825	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	2,799	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	2,787	29,417

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, Albania, Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.