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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	North Korea	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	22,594	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	22,785	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	22,977	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	23,165	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	23,330	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	23,477	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	23,621	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	23,764	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	23,908	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	24,051	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	24,191	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	24,326	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	24,457	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	24,589	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	24,720	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	24,852	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	24,983	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	25,115	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	25,248	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	25,381	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	25,497	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	25,608	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	25,711	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	25,808	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

North Korea

1911-1940: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.
1990-2011: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.

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