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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	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	433	22,206	627
Dec 31, 2000	438	22,461	659
Dec 31, 2001	443	22,507	691
Dec 31, 2002	448	23,600	724
Dec 31, 2003	454	25,005	757
Dec 31, 2004	460	25,698	850
Dec 31, 2005	467	26,335	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	474	27,154	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	482	27,387	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	491	27,706	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	500	28,484	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	509	29,121	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	521	29,758	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	533	30,420	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	547	31,108	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	560	31,823	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	571	32,564	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	586	33,332	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	599	34,125	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	610	34,941	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	623	35,972	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	633	37,034	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	643	38,127	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	651	39,252	2,559

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, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.