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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Nigeria	Albania	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	121,649	3,085	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	125,014	3,065	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	128,513	3,047	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	132,165	3,038	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	135,971	3,026	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	139,900	3,014	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	143,914	2,998	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	148,019	2,979	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	152,195	2,957	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	156,434	2,934	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	160,751	2,915	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	165,142	2,900	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	169,607	2,892	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	174,142	2,888	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	178,737	2,882	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	183,362	2,876	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	187,979	2,868	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	192,594	2,863	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	197,417	2,861	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	202,498	2,854	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	207,699	2,842	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	213,021	2,825	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	218,473	2,799	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	223,735	2,787	1,330

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 Albania, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.