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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	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	277	81,439	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	281	81,474	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	285	81,534	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	288	81,595	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	289	81,566	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	293	81,473	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	296	81,354	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	304	81,190	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	311	81,009	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	319	80,781	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	319	80,500	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	318	80,301	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	319	80,292	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	321	80,443	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,663	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	327	81,000	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	331	81,704	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	335	82,366	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	343	82,674	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	353	82,923	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	361	83,110	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	366	83,178	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	372	83,213	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	380	83,811	34,081

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.

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828