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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	Qatar	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	433	627	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	438	659	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	443	691	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	448	724	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	454	757	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	460	850	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	467	1,001	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	474	1,153	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	482	1,306	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	491	1,460	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	500	1,615	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	509	1,770	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	521	1,904	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	533	2,010	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	547	2,103	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	560	2,187	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	571	2,261	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	586	2,326	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	599	2,384	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	610	2,435	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	623	2,480	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	633	2,519	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	643	2,553	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	651	2,559	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, Qatar, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.