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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Nigeria	Albania	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	121,649	3,085	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	125,014	3,065	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	128,513	3,047	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	132,165	3,038	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	135,971	3,026	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	139,900	3,014	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	143,914	2,998	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	148,019	2,979	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	152,195	2,957	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	156,434	2,934	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	160,751	2,915	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	165,142	2,900	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	169,607	2,892	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	174,142	2,888	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	178,737	2,882	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	183,362	2,876	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	187,979	2,868	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	192,594	2,863	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	197,417	2,861	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	202,498	2,854	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	207,699	2,842	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	213,021	2,825	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	218,473	2,799	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	223,735	2,787	31,058

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, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.