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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	Sierra Leone	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,736	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,809	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,043	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,287	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,466	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,602	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,708	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,818	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,918	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	283	5,023	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	285	5,132	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	286	5,246	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	287	5,364	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,486	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,613	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,744	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,879	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	291	6,019	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	292	6,163	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	293	6,312	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	294	6,461	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,611	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,761	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,910	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, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.