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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Iceland	Côte d’Ivoire
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	277	17,106
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	281	17,552
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	285	18,010
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	288	18,438
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	289	18,895
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	293	19,432
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	296	19,968
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	304	20,512
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	311	21,097
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	319	21,699
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	319	22,285
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	318	22,845
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	319	23,343
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	321	23,879
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	324	24,492
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	327	25,104
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	331	25,719
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	335	26,348
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	343	26,984
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	353	27,614
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	361	28,252
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	366	28,895
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	372	29,546
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	380	30,279

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

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.

No separate list is published for Côte d’Ivoire; the database as a whole is cited above.