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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	Iran	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	277	64,704	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	281	65,411	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	285	66,167	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	288	66,689	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	289	67,807	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	293	68,480	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	296	69,325	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	304	70,158	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	311	71,040	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	319	71,942	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	319	72,888	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	318	73,826	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	319	74,625	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	321	75,446	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	324	76,418	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	327	77,521	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	331	78,652	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	335	79,700	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	343	80,725	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	353	81,721	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	361	82,685	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	366	83,614	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	372	84,505	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	380	85,108	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.

Iran

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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