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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	Comoros	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	277	531	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	281	545	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	285	559	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	288	574	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	289	590	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	293	606	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	296	623	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	304	640	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	311	657	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	319	674	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	319	690	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	318	706	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	319	722	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	321	737	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	324	752	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	327	767	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	331	781	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	335	795	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	343	808	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	353	821	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	361	837	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	366	853	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	372	869	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	380	885	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.

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