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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Brazil	Namibia
Dec 31, 1999	277	174,320	1,841
Dec 31, 2000	281	176,902	1,893
Dec 31, 2001	285	179,389	1,945
Dec 31, 2002	288	181,721	1,981
Dec 31, 2003	289	183,970	2,008
Dec 31, 2004	293	186,165	2,034
Dec 31, 2005	296	188,330	2,060
Dec 31, 2006	304	190,438	2,086
Dec 31, 2007	311	192,450	2,113
Dec 31, 2008	319	194,458	2,141
Dec 31, 2009	319	196,464	2,170
Dec 31, 2010	318	198,408	2,201
Dec 31, 2011	319	200,152	2,232
Dec 31, 2012	321	201,894	2,268
Dec 31, 2013	324	203,614	2,312
Dec 31, 2014	327	205,358	2,360
Dec 31, 2015	331	207,148	2,408
Dec 31, 2016	335	208,859	2,456
Dec 31, 2017	343	210,537	2,505
Dec 31, 2018	353	212,258	2,554
Dec 31, 2019	361	213,940	2,602
Dec 31, 2020	366	215,577	2,651
Dec 31, 2021	372	216,720	2,700
Dec 31, 2022	380	217,718	2,739

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;

No separate list is published for Namibia; the database as a whole is cited above.