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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	Lithuania
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	3,419
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	3,395
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	3,367
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	3,340
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	3,313
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	3,276
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	3,223
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	3,172
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	3,134
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	3,102
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	3,068
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	3,004
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	2,937
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	2,898
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	2,869
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	2,844
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	2,818
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	2,782
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	2,744
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	2,718
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	2,710
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	2,711
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	2,724
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	2,748

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