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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	Cape Verde	Albania	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	422	3,085	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	430	3,065	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	438	3,047	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	447	3,038	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	455	3,026	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	463	3,014	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	471	2,998	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	478	2,979	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	486	2,957	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	494	2,934	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	501	2,915	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	509	2,900	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	516	2,892	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	524	2,888	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	531	2,882	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	539	2,876	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	546	2,868	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	553	2,863	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	562	2,861	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	568	2,854	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	574	2,842	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	580	2,825	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	585	2,799	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	590	2,787	2,048

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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Cape Verde, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.