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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	North Korea	Albania	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	22,594	3,085	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	22,785	3,065	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	22,977	3,047	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	23,165	3,038	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	23,330	3,026	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	23,477	3,014	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	23,621	2,998	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	23,764	2,979	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	23,908	2,957	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	24,051	2,934	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	24,191	2,915	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	24,326	2,900	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	24,457	2,892	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	24,589	2,888	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	24,720	2,882	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	24,852	2,876	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	24,983	2,868	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	25,115	2,863	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	25,248	2,861	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	25,381	2,854	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	25,497	2,842	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	25,608	2,825	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	25,711	2,799	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	25,808	2,787	46,498

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