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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IcelandUnited Arab EmiratesChile
2773,10115,140
2813,28415,340
2853,45815,513
2883,61315,686
2893,75415,859
2933,88216,029
2964,00016,222
3044,53216,364
3115,62316,536
3197,27716,700
3198,16416,864
3188,15216,999
3198,43817,189
3218,74717,378
3249,07717,545
3279,32117,720
3319,46117,904
3359,58718,099
3439,69918,350
3539,79618,681
3619,87919,035
3669,95319,385
37210,01819,604
38010,09919,715

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

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.

Chile

  • 1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

No separate list is published for United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.