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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	Barbados	Senegal
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	273	10,070
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	274	10,305
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	275	10,576
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	276	10,864
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	278	11,172
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	279	11,498
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	280	11,839
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	281	12,204
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	282	12,584
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	283	12,978
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	285	13,382
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	286	13,794
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	287	14,226
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	288	14,668
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	289	15,121
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	290	15,589
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	291	16,066
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	291	16,549
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	292	17,044
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	293	17,535
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	294	18,021
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	294	18,518
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	295	19,016
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	295	19,512

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, Barbados, Senegal; the database as a whole is cited above.