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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Afghanistan	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	2,048

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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.