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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	Malta	Afghanistan	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	387	22,206	433
Dec 31, 2000	390	22,461	438
Dec 31, 2001	393	22,507	443
Dec 31, 2002	396	23,600	448
Dec 31, 2003	398	25,005	454
Dec 31, 2004	401	25,698	460
Dec 31, 2005	404	26,335	467
Dec 31, 2006	405	27,154	474
Dec 31, 2007	406	27,387	482
Dec 31, 2008	409	27,706	491
Dec 31, 2009	412	28,484	500
Dec 31, 2010	414	29,121	509
Dec 31, 2011	416	29,758	521
Dec 31, 2012	420	30,420	533
Dec 31, 2013	426	31,108	547
Dec 31, 2014	435	31,823	560
Dec 31, 2015	445	32,564	571
Dec 31, 2016	455	33,332	586
Dec 31, 2017	468	34,125	599
Dec 31, 2018	485	34,941	610
Dec 31, 2019	504	35,972	623
Dec 31, 2020	516	37,034	633
Dec 31, 2021	518	38,127	643
Dec 31, 2022	530	39,252	651

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 Malta, Afghanistan, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.