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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	Puerto Rico	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,800	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,811	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,819	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,824	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,826	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,827	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,822	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,805	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,783	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,761	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,741	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,722	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,679	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,636	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,589	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,534	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,473	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,411	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,352	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,295	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,268	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,247	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,232	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,228	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, Puerto Rico, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.