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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	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	3,085	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	3,065	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	3,047	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	3,038	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	3,026	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	3,014	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	2,998	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	2,979	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	2,957	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	2,934	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	2,915	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	2,900	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	2,892	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	2,888	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	2,882	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	2,876	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	2,868	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	2,863	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	2,861	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	2,854	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	2,842	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	2,825	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	2,799	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	2,787	7,387

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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.