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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	Moldova	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	4,244	152
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	4,199	153
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	4,154	154
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	4,108	155
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	4,059	156
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	4,013	157
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	3,966	157
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	3,919	158
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	3,873	159
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	3,829	160
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	3,788	160
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	3,748	161
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	3,709	162
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	3,671	162
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	3,633	163
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	3,595	163
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	3,558	164
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	3,522	164
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	3,485	165
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	3,448	166
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	3,412	166
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	3,376	167
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	3,339	167
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	3,570	167

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, Moldova, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.