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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	Paraguay	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	5,366	152
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	5,473	153
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	5,579	154
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	5,683	155
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	5,786	156
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	5,886	157
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	5,984	157
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	6,080	158
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	6,173	159
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	6,264	160
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	6,352	160
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	6,438	161
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	6,522	162
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	6,605	162
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	6,688	163
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	6,769	163
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	6,850	164
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	6,930	164
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	7,012	165
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	7,095	166
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	7,179	166
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	7,263	167
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	7,348	167
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	7,432	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, Paraguay, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.