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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	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	433	6,587	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	438	6,646	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	443	6,695	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	448	6,725	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	454	6,712	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	460	6,765	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	467	6,794	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	474	6,838	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	482	6,897	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	491	6,938	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	500	6,953	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	509	7,004	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	521	7,052	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	533	7,130	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	547	7,159	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	560	7,209	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	571	7,271	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	586	7,316	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	599	7,372	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	610	7,432	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	623	7,487	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	633	7,460	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	643	7,392	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	651	7,387	46,498

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