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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	Chad	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	7,559	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	7,821	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	8,092	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	8,395	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	8,763	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	9,191	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	9,594	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	9,967	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	10,338	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	10,728	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	11,139	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	11,550	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	11,983	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	12,427	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	12,895	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	13,379	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	13,823	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	14,277	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	14,765	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	15,252	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	15,750	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	16,257	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	16,776	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	17,307	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 Chad, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.