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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	Eswatini
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	1,033
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	1,032
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	1,030
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	1,028
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	1,026
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	1,025
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	1,023
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	1,021
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	1,019
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	1,017
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	1,017
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	1,019
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	1,024
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	1,032
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	1,041
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	1,051
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	1,060
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	1,069
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	1,078
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	1,087
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	1,096
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	1,106
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	1,117
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	1,126

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, Eswatini; the database as a whole is cited above.