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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	Madagascar	Burkina Faso	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	15,259	11,075	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	15,707	11,405	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	16,162	11,828	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	16,631	12,380	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	17,114	12,829	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	17,610	13,178	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	18,120	13,540	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	18,641	13,917	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	19,173	14,309	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	19,717	14,722	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	20,272	15,152	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	20,837	15,600	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	21,413	16,064	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	21,999	16,563	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	22,593	17,072	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	23,196	17,575	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	23,806	18,094	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	24,423	18,621	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	25,044	19,157	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	25,671	19,698	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	26,302	20,242	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	26,936	20,788	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	27,573	21,336	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	28,237	21,889	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

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