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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	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	5,366	433
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	5,473	438
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	5,579	443
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	5,683	448
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	5,786	454
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	5,886	460
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	5,984	467
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	6,080	474
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	6,173	482
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	6,264	491
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	6,352	500
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	6,438	509
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	6,522	521
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	6,605	533
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	6,688	547
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	6,769	560
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	6,850	571
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	6,930	586
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	7,012	599
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	7,095	610
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	7,179	623
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	7,263	633
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	7,348	643
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	7,432	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, Paraguay, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.