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Population, long-run history by country

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Germany	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	277	81,439	627
Dec 31, 2000	281	81,474	659
Dec 31, 2001	285	81,534	691
Dec 31, 2002	288	81,595	724
Dec 31, 2003	289	81,566	757
Dec 31, 2004	293	81,473	850
Dec 31, 2005	296	81,354	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	304	81,190	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	311	81,009	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	319	80,781	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	319	80,500	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	318	80,301	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	319	80,292	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	321	80,443	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,663	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	327	81,000	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	331	81,704	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	335	82,366	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	343	82,674	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	353	82,923	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	361	83,110	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	366	83,178	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	372	83,213	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	380	83,811	2,559

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 Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.