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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	Albania	Lesotho
Dec 31, 1999	433	3,085	1,908
Dec 31, 2000	438	3,065	1,916
Dec 31, 2001	443	3,047	1,922
Dec 31, 2002	448	3,038	1,926
Dec 31, 2003	454	3,026	1,926
Dec 31, 2004	460	3,014	1,925
Dec 31, 2005	467	2,998	1,922
Dec 31, 2006	474	2,979	1,919
Dec 31, 2007	482	2,957	1,917
Dec 31, 2008	491	2,934	1,915
Dec 31, 2009	500	2,915	1,916
Dec 31, 2010	509	2,900	1,920
Dec 31, 2011	521	2,892	1,925
Dec 31, 2012	533	2,888	1,930
Dec 31, 2013	547	2,882	1,936
Dec 31, 2014	560	2,876	1,942
Dec 31, 2015	571	2,868	1,948
Dec 31, 2016	586	2,863	1,953
Dec 31, 2017	599	2,861	1,958
Dec 31, 2018	610	2,854	1,962
Dec 31, 2019	623	2,842	1,987
Dec 31, 2020	633	2,825	2,013
Dec 31, 2021	643	2,799	2,037
Dec 31, 2022	651	2,787	2,059

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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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, Albania, Lesotho; the database as a whole is cited above.