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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	Luxembourg	Albania	Iran
Dec 31, 1999	433	3,085	64,704
Dec 31, 2000	438	3,065	65,411
Dec 31, 2001	443	3,047	66,167
Dec 31, 2002	448	3,038	66,689
Dec 31, 2003	454	3,026	67,807
Dec 31, 2004	460	3,014	68,480
Dec 31, 2005	467	2,998	69,325
Dec 31, 2006	474	2,979	70,158
Dec 31, 2007	482	2,957	71,040
Dec 31, 2008	491	2,934	71,942
Dec 31, 2009	500	2,915	72,888
Dec 31, 2010	509	2,900	73,826
Dec 31, 2011	521	2,892	74,625
Dec 31, 2012	533	2,888	75,446
Dec 31, 2013	547	2,882	76,418
Dec 31, 2014	560	2,876	77,521
Dec 31, 2015	571	2,868	78,652
Dec 31, 2016	586	2,863	79,700
Dec 31, 2017	599	2,861	80,725
Dec 31, 2018	610	2,854	81,721
Dec 31, 2019	623	2,842	82,685
Dec 31, 2020	633	2,825	83,614
Dec 31, 2021	643	2,799	84,505
Dec 31, 2022	651	2,787	85,108

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

Iran

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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