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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	Norway
Dec 31, 1999	277	81,439	4,463
Dec 31, 2000	281	81,474	4,492
Dec 31, 2001	285	81,534	4,515
Dec 31, 2002	288	81,595	4,539
Dec 31, 2003	289	81,566	4,566
Dec 31, 2004	293	81,473	4,593
Dec 31, 2005	296	81,354	4,624
Dec 31, 2006	304	81,190	4,662
Dec 31, 2007	311	81,009	4,710
Dec 31, 2008	319	80,781	4,769
Dec 31, 2009	319	80,500	4,830
Dec 31, 2010	318	80,301	4,890
Dec 31, 2011	319	80,292	4,954
Dec 31, 2012	321	80,443	5,020
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,663	5,081
Dec 31, 2014	327	81,000	5,138
Dec 31, 2015	331	81,704	5,191
Dec 31, 2016	335	82,366	5,237
Dec 31, 2017	343	82,674	5,278
Dec 31, 2018	353	82,923	5,313
Dec 31, 2019	361	83,110	5,349
Dec 31, 2020	366	83,178	5,380
Dec 31, 2021	372	83,213	5,409
Dec 31, 2022	380	83,811	5,458

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.

Norway

1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995