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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	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	1,330

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