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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	Germany	Bolivia
Dec 31, 1999	277	81,439	8,007
Dec 31, 2000	281	81,474	8,177
Dec 31, 2001	285	81,534	8,351
Dec 31, 2002	288	81,595	8,529
Dec 31, 2003	289	81,566	8,711
Dec 31, 2004	293	81,473	8,895
Dec 31, 2005	296	81,354	9,081
Dec 31, 2006	304	81,190	9,268
Dec 31, 2007	311	81,009	9,457
Dec 31, 2008	319	80,781	9,647
Dec 31, 2009	319	80,500	9,836
Dec 31, 2010	318	80,301	10,024
Dec 31, 2011	319	80,292	10,211
Dec 31, 2012	321	80,443	10,397
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,663	10,581
Dec 31, 2014	327	81,000	10,763
Dec 31, 2015	331	81,704	10,942
Dec 31, 2016	335	82,366	11,118
Dec 31, 2017	343	82,674	11,289
Dec 31, 2018	353	82,923	11,456
Dec 31, 2019	361	83,110	11,621
Dec 31, 2020	366	83,178	11,775
Dec 31, 2021	372	83,213	11,917
Dec 31, 2022	380	83,811	12,060

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.

Bolivia

1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128