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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	Central African Republic	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	3,889	433
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	3,980	438
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	4,054	443
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	4,128	448
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	4,215	454
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	4,289	460
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	4,363	467
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	4,449	474
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	4,544	482
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	4,641	491
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	4,742	500
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	4,845	509
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	4,950	521
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	5,057	533
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	5,167	547
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	5,278	560
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	5,392	571
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	5,507	586
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	5,625	599
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	5,745	610
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	5,874	623
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	6,025	633
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	6,154	643
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	6,291	651

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, Central African Republic, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.