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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Portugal	Albania	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	10,144	3,085	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	10,215	3,065	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	3,047	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	10,344	3,038	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	10,383	3,026	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	10,408	3,014	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	10,427	2,998	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	10,446	2,979	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	10,467	2,957	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	10,482	2,934	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	10,492	2,915	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	10,497	2,900	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	10,481	2,892	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	10,439	2,888	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	10,382	2,882	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	10,326	2,876	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	10,283	2,868	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	10,251	2,863	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	10,226	2,861	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	10,209	2,854	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	10,212	2,842	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	10,223	2,825	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	10,214	2,799	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	10,200	2,787	39,252

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

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

No separate list is published for Albania, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.