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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Nigeria	Georgia
Dec 31, 1999	121,649	4,848
Dec 31, 2000	125,014	4,814
Dec 31, 2001	128,513	4,789
Dec 31, 2002	132,165	4,771
Dec 31, 2003	135,971	4,746
Dec 31, 2004	139,900	4,739
Dec 31, 2005	143,914	4,786
Dec 31, 2006	148,019	4,826
Dec 31, 2007	152,195	4,820
Dec 31, 2008	156,434	4,819
Dec 31, 2009	160,751	4,851
Dec 31, 2010	165,142	4,898
Dec 31, 2011	169,607	4,934
Dec 31, 2012	174,142	4,946
Dec 31, 2013	178,737	4,938
Dec 31, 2014	183,362	4,931
Dec 31, 2015	187,979	4,927
Dec 31, 2016	192,594	4,924
Dec 31, 2017	197,417	4,922
Dec 31, 2018	202,498	4,922
Dec 31, 2019	207,699	4,923
Dec 31, 2020	213,021	4,926
Dec 31, 2021	218,473	4,929
Dec 31, 2022	223,735	4,911

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 Georgia; the database as a whole is cited above.