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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Madagascar	Nigeria
Dec 31, 1999	15,259	121,649
Dec 31, 2000	15,707	125,014
Dec 31, 2001	16,162	128,513
Dec 31, 2002	16,631	132,165
Dec 31, 2003	17,114	135,971
Dec 31, 2004	17,610	139,900
Dec 31, 2005	18,120	143,914
Dec 31, 2006	18,641	148,019
Dec 31, 2007	19,173	152,195
Dec 31, 2008	19,717	156,434
Dec 31, 2009	20,272	160,751
Dec 31, 2010	20,837	165,142
Dec 31, 2011	21,413	169,607
Dec 31, 2012	21,999	174,142
Dec 31, 2013	22,593	178,737
Dec 31, 2014	23,196	183,362
Dec 31, 2015	23,806	187,979
Dec 31, 2016	24,423	192,594
Dec 31, 2017	25,044	197,417
Dec 31, 2018	25,671	202,498
Dec 31, 2019	26,302	207,699
Dec 31, 2020	26,936	213,021
Dec 31, 2021	27,573	218,473
Dec 31, 2022	28,237	223,735

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

Nigeria

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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