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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	Puerto Rico	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	3,800	433
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	3,811	438
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	3,819	443
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	3,824	448
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	3,826	454
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	3,827	460
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	3,822	467
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	3,805	474
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	3,783	482
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	3,761	491
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	3,741	500
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	3,722	509
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	3,679	521
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	3,636	533
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	3,589	547
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	3,534	560
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	3,473	571
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	3,411	586
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	3,352	599
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	3,295	610
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	3,268	623
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	3,247	633
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	3,232	643
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	3,228	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, Puerto Rico, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.