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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	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	433	26,168	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	438	26,771	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	443	27,387	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	448	28,017	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	454	28,662	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	460	29,321	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	467	29,996	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	474	30,686	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	482	31,393	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	491	32,137	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	500	33,078	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	509	33,891	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	521	34,568	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	533	35,293	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	547	36,093	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	560	37,058	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	571	38,165	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	586	39,294	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	599	40,512	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	610	41,764	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	623	42,952	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	633	44,121	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	643	45,290	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	651	46,498	6,910

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, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.