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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	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	433
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	438
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	443
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	448
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	454
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	460
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	467
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	474
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	482
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	491
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	500
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	509
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	521
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	533
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	547
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	560
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	571
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	586
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	599
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	610
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	623
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	633
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	643
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	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, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.