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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	Cameroon	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	277	15,483	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	281	15,913	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	285	16,354	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	288	16,815	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	289	17,289	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	293	17,764	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	296	18,249	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	304	18,746	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	311	19,278	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	319	19,843	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	319	20,419	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	318	21,002	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	319	21,586	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	321	22,181	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	324	22,800	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	327	23,513	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	331	24,273	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	335	24,995	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	343	25,680	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	353	26,373	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	361	27,114	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	366	27,878	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	372	28,663	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	380	29,417	83,811

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.

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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