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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Malawi	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,310	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,658	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	285	12,020	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,395	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,786	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,196	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,625	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	304	14,072	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,539	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	319	15,026	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,525	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	318	16,028	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,534	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	321	17,042	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,551	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	327	18,060	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,571	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	335	19,086	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,603	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	353	20,122	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	361	20,640	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	366	21,159	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	372	21,677	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	380	22,239	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.

Malawi

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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