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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IcelandCameroonChile
27715,48315,140
28115,91315,340
28516,35415,513
28816,81515,686
28917,28915,859
29317,76416,029
29618,24916,222
30418,74616,364
31119,27816,536
31919,84316,700
31920,41916,864
31821,00216,999
31921,58617,189
32122,18117,378
32422,80017,545
32723,51317,720
33124,27317,904
33524,99518,099
34325,68018,350
35326,37318,681
36127,11419,035
36627,87819,385
37228,66319,604
38029,41719,715

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 Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.