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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	Malta	Albania	Nigeria
Dec 31, 1999	387	3,085	121,649
Dec 31, 2000	390	3,065	125,014
Dec 31, 2001	393	3,047	128,513
Dec 31, 2002	396	3,038	132,165
Dec 31, 2003	398	3,026	135,971
Dec 31, 2004	401	3,014	139,900
Dec 31, 2005	404	2,998	143,914
Dec 31, 2006	405	2,979	148,019
Dec 31, 2007	406	2,957	152,195
Dec 31, 2008	409	2,934	156,434
Dec 31, 2009	412	2,915	160,751
Dec 31, 2010	414	2,900	165,142
Dec 31, 2011	416	2,892	169,607
Dec 31, 2012	420	2,888	174,142
Dec 31, 2013	426	2,882	178,737
Dec 31, 2014	435	2,876	183,362
Dec 31, 2015	445	2,868	187,979
Dec 31, 2016	455	2,863	192,594
Dec 31, 2017	468	2,861	197,417
Dec 31, 2018	485	2,854	202,498
Dec 31, 2019	504	2,842	207,699
Dec 31, 2020	516	2,825	213,021
Dec 31, 2021	518	2,799	218,473
Dec 31, 2022	530	2,787	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 Malta, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.