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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	Hong Kong SAR China	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	433	6,587	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	438	6,646	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	443	6,695	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	448	6,725	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	454	6,712	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	460	6,765	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	467	6,794	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	474	6,838	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	482	6,897	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	491	6,938	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	500	6,953	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	509	7,004	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	521	7,052	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	533	7,130	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	547	7,159	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	560	7,209	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	571	7,271	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	586	7,316	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	599	7,372	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	610	7,432	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	623	7,487	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	633	7,460	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	643	7,392	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	651	7,387	2,787

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, Hong Kong SAR China, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.