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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	Malta	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	433	387	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	438	390	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	443	393	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	448	396	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	454	398	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	460	401	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	467	404	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	474	405	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	482	406	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	491	409	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	500	412	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	509	414	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	521	416	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	533	420	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	547	426	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	560	435	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	571	445	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	586	455	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	599	468	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	610	485	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	623	504	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	633	516	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	643	518	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	651	530	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, Malta, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.