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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Brazil	Jordan
Dec 31, 1999	277	174,320	4,591
Dec 31, 2000	281	176,902	4,700
Dec 31, 2001	285	179,389	4,811
Dec 31, 2002	288	181,721	4,923
Dec 31, 2003	289	183,970	5,037
Dec 31, 2004	293	186,165	5,161
Dec 31, 2005	296	188,330	5,295
Dec 31, 2006	304	190,438	5,765
Dec 31, 2007	311	192,450	6,243
Dec 31, 2008	319	194,458	6,397
Dec 31, 2009	319	196,464	6,538
Dec 31, 2010	318	198,408	6,680
Dec 31, 2011	319	200,152	6,840
Dec 31, 2012	321	201,894	6,952
Dec 31, 2013	324	203,614	7,706
Dec 31, 2014	327	205,358	8,839
Dec 31, 2015	331	207,148	9,506
Dec 31, 2016	335	208,859	9,863
Dec 31, 2017	343	210,537	10,066
Dec 31, 2018	353	212,258	10,273
Dec 31, 2019	361	213,940	10,480
Dec 31, 2020	366	215,577	10,628
Dec 31, 2021	372	216,720	10,716
Dec 31, 2022	380	217,718	10,849

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.

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;

Jordan

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828