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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	France	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	277	60,396	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	281	60,811	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	285	61,255	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	288	61,703	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	289	62,141	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	293	62,600	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	296	63,073	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,513	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	311	63,906	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	319	64,264	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	319	64,594	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	318	64,913	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	319	65,231	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	321	65,552	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	324	65,891	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	327	66,212	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	331	66,480	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	335	66,730	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	343	67,015	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	353	67,347	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	361	67,660	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	366	67,901	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	372	68,114	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	380	68,387	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.

France

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
1276–1800: Ridolfi, L., & Nuvolari, A. (2021). L’histoire immobile? A reappraisal of French economic growth using the demand-side approach, 1280–1850. European Review of Economic History, 25(3), 405–428
1850-1913: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987
1920-1950: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987

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;