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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	Iceland	Dominica	Estonia	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	277	70	1,378	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	281	71	1,400	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	285	71	1,391	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	288	72	1,382	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	289	72	1,374	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	293	72	1,365	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	296	72	1,357	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	304	72	1,349	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	311	72	1,341	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	319	73	1,337	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	319	73	1,334	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	318	73	1,332	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	319	73	1,328	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	321	73	1,324	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	324	73	1,319	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	327	73	1,314	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	331	74	1,312	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	335	74	1,314	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	343	74	1,314	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	353	74	1,318	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	361	75	1,323	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	366	75	1,327	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	372	76	1,329	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	380	76	1,330	2,787

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.

All data sources

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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