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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Indonesia	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	277	208,105	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	281	211,408	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	285	214,475	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	288	217,516	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	289	220,549	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	293	224,473	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	296	227,534	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	304	230,739	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	311	233,918	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	319	237,056	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	319	240,140	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	318	243,171	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	319	246,150	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	321	249,086	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	324	251,947	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	327	254,702	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	331	257,351	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	335	259,906	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	343	262,379	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	353	264,789	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	361	267,142	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	366	269,437	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	372	271,674	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	380	273,409	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.

Indonesia

1815 – 1880 (Java): Van Zanden (2012). “Economic Growth in Java 1815-1939: The Reconstruction of the Historical National Accounts of a Colonial Economy”, Maddison-Project Working Paper WP-3.
1880-2008: Van der Eng, P. (2010). The Sources of Long-Term Economic Growth in Indonesia, 1880-2008”, Explorations in Economic History, 47: 294-309

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