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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Germany	Ethiopia
Dec 31, 1999	277	81,439	63,575
Dec 31, 2000	281	81,474	65,213
Dec 31, 2001	285	81,534	66,889
Dec 31, 2002	288	81,595	68,649
Dec 31, 2003	289	81,566	70,491
Dec 31, 2004	293	81,473	72,389
Dec 31, 2005	296	81,354	74,327
Dec 31, 2006	304	81,190	76,326
Dec 31, 2007	311	81,009	78,411
Dec 31, 2008	319	80,781	80,564
Dec 31, 2009	319	80,500	82,787
Dec 31, 2010	318	80,301	85,096
Dec 31, 2011	319	80,292	87,530
Dec 31, 2012	321	80,443	90,066
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,663	92,632
Dec 31, 2014	327	81,000	95,337
Dec 31, 2015	331	81,704	98,114
Dec 31, 2016	335	82,366	100,858
Dec 31, 2017	343	82,674	103,654
Dec 31, 2018	353	82,923	106,466
Dec 31, 2019	361	83,110	109,267
Dec 31, 2020	366	83,178	112,100
Dec 31, 2021	372	83,213	114,964
Dec 31, 2022	380	83,811	117,924

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 Ethiopia; the database as a whole is cited above.