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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Egypt	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	277	66,001	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	281	67,377	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	285	68,790	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	288	70,269	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	289	71,785	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	293	73,298	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	296	74,832	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	304	76,432	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	311	78,140	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	319	79,945	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	319	81,840	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	318	83,844	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	319	85,969	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	321	88,198	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	324	90,566	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	327	93,009	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	331	95,432	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	335	97,882	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	343	100,303	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	353	102,617	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	361	104,816	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	366	106,893	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	372	108,871	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	380	110,593	217,718

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.

Egypt

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
700 – 1500: Pamuk, Ş. and M. Shatzmiller (2011). “Real Wages and GDP per capita in the Medieval Islamic Middle East in Comparative Perspective, 700-1500”, paper presented at the 9th Conference of the European Historical Economics Society, Dublin, September 2-3, 2011.
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

Brazil

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1850–1899: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350
1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;