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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Ghana	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	277	19,327	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	281	19,792	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	285	20,280	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	288	20,806	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	289	21,350	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	293	21,900	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	296	22,469	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	304	23,058	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	311	23,661	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	319	24,270	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	319	24,899	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	318	25,559	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	319	26,244	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	321	26,945	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	324	27,664	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	327	28,405	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	331	29,146	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	335	29,879	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	343	30,617	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	353	31,362	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	361	32,111	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	366	32,864	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	372	33,622	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	380	34,280	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.

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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

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.

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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