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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	North Korea	Albania	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	22,594	3,085	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	22,785	3,065	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	22,977	3,047	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	23,165	3,038	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	23,330	3,026	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	23,477	3,014	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	23,621	2,998	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	23,764	2,979	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	23,908	2,957	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	24,051	2,934	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	24,191	2,915	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	24,326	2,900	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	24,457	2,892	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	24,589	2,888	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	24,720	2,882	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	24,852	2,876	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	24,983	2,868	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	25,115	2,863	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	25,248	2,861	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	25,381	2,854	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	25,497	2,842	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	25,608	2,825	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	25,711	2,799	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	25,808	2,787	3,570

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

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, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.