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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	Sudan	Libya
Dec 31, 1999	433	26,168	4,993
Dec 31, 2000	438	26,771	5,116
Dec 31, 2001	443	27,387	5,237
Dec 31, 2002	448	28,017	5,357
Dec 31, 2003	454	28,662	5,476
Dec 31, 2004	460	29,321	5,595
Dec 31, 2005	467	29,996	5,715
Dec 31, 2006	474	30,686	5,835
Dec 31, 2007	482	31,393	5,967
Dec 31, 2008	491	32,137	6,115
Dec 31, 2009	500	33,078	6,270
Dec 31, 2010	509	33,891	6,432
Dec 31, 2011	521	34,568	6,144
Dec 31, 2012	533	35,293	5,849
Dec 31, 2013	547	36,093	6,010
Dec 31, 2014	560	37,058	6,163
Dec 31, 2015	571	38,165	6,291
Dec 31, 2016	586	39,294	6,415
Dec 31, 2017	599	40,512	6,549
Dec 31, 2018	610	41,764	6,689
Dec 31, 2019	623	42,952	6,826
Dec 31, 2020	633	44,121	6,960
Dec 31, 2021	643	45,290	7,088
Dec 31, 2022	651	46,498	7,169

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