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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Chile	Ethiopia
Dec 31, 1999	277	15,140	63,575
Dec 31, 2000	281	15,340	65,213
Dec 31, 2001	285	15,513	66,889
Dec 31, 2002	288	15,686	68,649
Dec 31, 2003	289	15,859	70,491
Dec 31, 2004	293	16,029	72,389
Dec 31, 2005	296	16,222	74,327
Dec 31, 2006	304	16,364	76,326
Dec 31, 2007	311	16,536	78,411
Dec 31, 2008	319	16,700	80,564
Dec 31, 2009	319	16,864	82,787
Dec 31, 2010	318	16,999	85,096
Dec 31, 2011	319	17,189	87,530
Dec 31, 2012	321	17,378	90,066
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,545	92,632
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,720	95,337
Dec 31, 2015	331	17,904	98,114
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,099	100,858
Dec 31, 2017	343	18,350	103,654
Dec 31, 2018	353	18,681	106,466
Dec 31, 2019	361	19,035	109,267
Dec 31, 2020	366	19,385	112,100
Dec 31, 2021	372	19,604	114,964
Dec 31, 2022	380	19,715	117,924

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 Ethiopia; the database as a whole is cited above.