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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	Luxembourg	Sudan	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	277	433	26,168	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	281	438	26,771	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	285	443	27,387	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	288	448	28,017	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	289	454	28,662	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	293	460	29,321	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	296	467	29,996	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	304	474	30,686	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	311	482	31,393	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	319	491	32,137	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	319	500	33,078	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	318	509	33,891	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	319	521	34,568	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	321	533	35,293	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	324	547	36,093	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	327	560	37,058	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	331	571	38,165	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	335	586	39,294	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	343	599	40,512	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	353	610	41,764	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	361	623	42,952	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	366	633	44,121	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	372	643	45,290	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	380	651	46,498	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 Luxembourg, Sudan, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.