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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Germany	Madagascar
Dec 31, 1999	277	81,439	15,259
Dec 31, 2000	281	81,474	15,707
Dec 31, 2001	285	81,534	16,162
Dec 31, 2002	288	81,595	16,631
Dec 31, 2003	289	81,566	17,114
Dec 31, 2004	293	81,473	17,610
Dec 31, 2005	296	81,354	18,120
Dec 31, 2006	304	81,190	18,641
Dec 31, 2007	311	81,009	19,173
Dec 31, 2008	319	80,781	19,717
Dec 31, 2009	319	80,500	20,272
Dec 31, 2010	318	80,301	20,837
Dec 31, 2011	319	80,292	21,413
Dec 31, 2012	321	80,443	21,999
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,663	22,593
Dec 31, 2014	327	81,000	23,196
Dec 31, 2015	331	81,704	23,806
Dec 31, 2016	335	82,366	24,423
Dec 31, 2017	343	82,674	25,044
Dec 31, 2018	353	82,923	25,671
Dec 31, 2019	361	83,110	26,302
Dec 31, 2020	366	83,178	26,936
Dec 31, 2021	372	83,213	27,573
Dec 31, 2022	380	83,811	28,237

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 Madagascar; the database as a whole is cited above.