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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	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	277	81,439	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	281	81,474	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	285	81,534	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	288	81,595	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	289	81,566	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	293	81,473	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	296	81,354	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	304	81,190	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	311	81,009	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	319	80,781	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	319	80,500	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	318	80,301	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	319	80,292	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	321	80,443	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,663	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	327	81,000	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	331	81,704	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	335	82,366	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	343	82,674	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	353	82,923	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	361	83,110	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	366	83,178	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	372	83,213	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	380	83,811	19,715

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.

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.

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