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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	Brazil	Germany	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	81,439	277
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	81,474	281
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	81,534	285
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	81,595	288
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	81,566	289
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	81,473	293
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	81,354	296
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	81,190	304
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	81,009	311
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	80,781	319
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	80,500	319
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	80,301	318
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	80,292	319
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	80,443	321
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	80,663	324
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	81,000	327
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	81,704	331
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	82,366	335
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	82,674	343
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	82,923	353
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	83,110	361
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	83,178	366
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	83,213	372
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	83,811	380

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

Brazil

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1850–1899: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350
1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.