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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	Malta	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	277	387	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	281	390	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	285	393	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	288	396	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	289	398	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	293	401	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	296	404	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	304	405	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	311	406	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	319	409	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	319	412	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	318	414	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	319	416	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	321	420	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	324	426	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	327	435	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	331	445	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	335	455	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	343	468	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	353	485	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	361	504	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	366	516	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	372	518	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	380	530	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 Malta, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.