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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Chile	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	277	15,140	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	281	15,340	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	285	15,513	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	288	15,686	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	289	15,859	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	293	16,029	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	296	16,222	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	304	16,364	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	311	16,536	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	319	16,700	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	319	16,864	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	318	16,999	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	319	17,189	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	321	17,378	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,545	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,720	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	331	17,904	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,099	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	343	18,350	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	353	18,681	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	361	19,035	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	366	19,385	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	372	19,604	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	380	19,715	39,252

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 Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.