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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	Barbados	Luxembourg	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	39,252

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 Barbados, Luxembourg, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.