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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	United Arab Emirates	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,101	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,284	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,458	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,613	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,754	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,882	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	296	4,000	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	304	4,532	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	311	5,623	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	319	7,277	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	319	8,164	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	318	8,152	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	319	8,438	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	321	8,747	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	324	9,077	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	327	9,321	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	331	9,461	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	335	9,587	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	343	9,699	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	353	9,796	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	361	9,879	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	366	9,953	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	372	10,018	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	380	10,099	83,811

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.

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.

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