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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Jordan	Egypt
Dec 31, 1999	277	4,591	66,001
Dec 31, 2000	281	4,700	67,377
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,811	68,790
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,923	70,269
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,037	71,785
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,161	73,298
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,295	74,832
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,765	76,432
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,243	78,140
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,397	79,945
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,538	81,840
Dec 31, 2010	318	6,680	83,844
Dec 31, 2011	319	6,840	85,969
Dec 31, 2012	321	6,952	88,198
Dec 31, 2013	324	7,706	90,566
Dec 31, 2014	327	8,839	93,009
Dec 31, 2015	331	9,506	95,432
Dec 31, 2016	335	9,863	97,882
Dec 31, 2017	343	10,066	100,303
Dec 31, 2018	353	10,273	102,617
Dec 31, 2019	361	10,480	104,816
Dec 31, 2020	366	10,628	106,893
Dec 31, 2021	372	10,716	108,871
Dec 31, 2022	380	10,849	110,593

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.

Jordan

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
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

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