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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	Sudan	Albania	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	26,168	3,085	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	26,771	3,065	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	27,387	3,047	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	28,017	3,038	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	28,662	3,026	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	29,321	3,014	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	29,996	2,998	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	30,686	2,979	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	31,393	2,957	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	32,137	2,934	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	33,078	2,915	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	33,891	2,900	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	34,568	2,892	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	35,293	2,888	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	36,093	2,882	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	37,058	2,876	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	38,165	2,868	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	39,294	2,863	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	40,512	2,861	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	41,764	2,854	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	42,952	2,842	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	44,121	2,825	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	45,290	2,799	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	46,498	2,787	7,387

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 Sudan, Albania, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.