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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	Cuba
Dec 31, 1999	277	81,439	11,108
Dec 31, 2000	281	81,474	11,147
Dec 31, 2001	285	81,534	11,179
Dec 31, 2002	288	81,595	11,210
Dec 31, 2003	289	81,566	11,241
Dec 31, 2004	293	81,473	11,260
Dec 31, 2005	296	81,354	11,268
Dec 31, 2006	304	81,190	11,266
Dec 31, 2007	311	81,009	11,261
Dec 31, 2008	319	80,781	11,258
Dec 31, 2009	319	80,500	11,260
Dec 31, 2010	318	80,301	11,262
Dec 31, 2011	319	80,292	11,264
Dec 31, 2012	321	80,443	11,262
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,663	11,250
Dec 31, 2014	327	81,000	11,238
Dec 31, 2015	331	81,704	11,214
Dec 31, 2016	335	82,366	11,180
Dec 31, 2017	343	82,674	11,147
Dec 31, 2018	353	82,923	11,116
Dec 31, 2019	361	83,110	11,105
Dec 31, 2020	366	83,178	11,089
Dec 31, 2021	372	83,213	11,046
Dec 31, 2022	380	83,811	11,003

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.

Cuba

1690–1895: Santamaria Garcia, A. (2005). Las Cuentas nacionales de Cuba, 1960 - 2005', mimeo
1902–1958: Ward, M. and Devereux, J. (2012), “The Road Not Taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective” Journal of Economic History, 72(1): 104–132