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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Afghanistan	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	277	22,206	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	281	22,461	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	285	22,507	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	288	23,600	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	289	25,005	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	293	25,698	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	296	26,335	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	304	27,154	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	311	27,387	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	319	27,706	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	319	28,484	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	318	29,121	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	319	29,758	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	321	30,420	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	324	31,108	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	327	31,823	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	331	32,564	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	335	33,332	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	343	34,125	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	353	34,941	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	361	35,972	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	366	37,034	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	372	38,127	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	380	39,252	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 Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.