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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	Portugal	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	433	10,144	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	438	10,215	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	443	10,288	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	448	10,344	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	454	10,383	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	460	10,408	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	467	10,427	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	474	10,446	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	482	10,467	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	491	10,482	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	500	10,492	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	509	10,497	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	521	10,481	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	533	10,439	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	547	10,382	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	560	10,326	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	571	10,283	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	586	10,251	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	599	10,226	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	610	10,209	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	623	10,212	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	633	10,223	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	643	10,214	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	651	10,200	7,432

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

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

No separate list is published for Luxembourg, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.