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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	Ghana	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	277	19,327	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	281	19,792	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	285	20,280	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	288	20,806	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	289	21,350	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	293	21,900	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	296	22,469	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	304	23,058	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	311	23,661	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	319	24,270	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	319	24,899	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	318	25,559	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	319	26,244	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	321	26,945	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	324	27,664	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	327	28,405	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	331	29,146	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	335	29,879	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	343	30,617	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	353	31,362	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	361	32,111	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	366	32,864	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	372	33,622	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	380	34,280	19,715

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.

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315