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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	Estonia	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	433	1,378	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	438	1,400	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	443	1,391	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	448	1,382	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	454	1,374	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	460	1,365	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	467	1,357	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	474	1,349	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	482	1,341	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	491	1,337	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	500	1,334	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	509	1,332	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	521	1,328	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	533	1,324	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	547	1,319	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	560	1,314	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	571	1,312	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	586	1,314	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	599	1,314	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	610	1,318	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	623	1,323	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	633	1,327	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	643	1,329	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	651	1,330	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 Luxembourg, Estonia, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.