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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	Mongolia
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	3,085	2,433
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	3,065	2,461
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	3,047	2,489
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	3,038	2,519
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	3,026	2,547
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	3,014	2,574
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	2,998	2,602
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	2,979	2,633
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	2,957	2,666
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	2,934	2,702
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	2,915	2,741
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	2,900	2,783
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	2,892	2,827
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	2,888	2,870
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	2,882	2,912
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	2,876	2,953
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	2,868	2,993
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	2,863	3,031
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	2,861	3,068
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	2,854	3,103
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	2,842	3,171
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	2,825	3,231
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	2,799	3,284
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	2,787	3,333

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, Mongolia; the database as a whole is cited above.