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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	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	277	387	3,085	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	281	390	3,065	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	285	393	3,047	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	288	396	3,038	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	289	398	3,026	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	293	401	3,014	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	296	404	2,998	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	304	405	2,979	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	311	406	2,957	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	319	409	2,934	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	319	412	2,915	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	318	414	2,900	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	319	416	2,892	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	321	420	2,888	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	324	426	2,882	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	327	435	2,876	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	331	445	2,868	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	335	455	2,863	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	343	468	2,861	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	353	485	2,854	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	361	504	2,842	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	366	516	2,825	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	372	518	2,799	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	380	530	2,787	6,291

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 Malta, Albania, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.