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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	Luxembourg	Afghanistan	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	433	22,206	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	438	22,461	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	443	22,507	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	448	23,600	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	454	25,005	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	460	25,698	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	467	26,335	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	474	27,154	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	482	27,387	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	491	27,706	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	500	28,484	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	509	29,121	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	521	29,758	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	533	30,420	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	547	31,108	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	560	31,823	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	571	32,564	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	586	33,332	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	599	34,125	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	610	34,941	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	623	35,972	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	633	37,034	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	643	38,127	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	651	39,252	108,171

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 Luxembourg, Afghanistan, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.