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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	Dominica	Mali	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	70	10,596	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	71	10,833	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	71	10,890	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	72	11,007	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	72	11,307	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	72	11,579	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	72	11,804	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	72	12,043	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	72	12,337	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	73	12,657	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	73	12,986	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	73	13,325	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	73	13,679	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	73	14,040	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	73	14,412	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	73	14,803	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	74	15,210	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	74	15,629	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	74	16,060	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	74	16,507	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	75	16,967	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	75	17,442	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	76	17,930	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	76	18,494	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 Dominica, Mali, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.