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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	Kenya	Austria
Dec 31, 1999	277	30,192	8,039
Dec 31, 2000	281	31,025	8,059
Dec 31, 2001	285	31,919	8,090
Dec 31, 2002	288	32,865	8,130
Dec 31, 2003	289	33,846	8,166
Dec 31, 2004	293	34,880	8,217
Dec 31, 2005	296	35,961	8,274
Dec 31, 2006	304	37,093	8,317
Dec 31, 2007	311	38,248	8,344
Dec 31, 2008	319	39,441	8,370
Dec 31, 2009	319	40,668	8,390
Dec 31, 2010	318	41,900	8,410
Dec 31, 2011	319	43,198	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	321	44,470	8,476
Dec 31, 2013	324	45,639	8,527
Dec 31, 2014	327	46,808	8,594
Dec 31, 2015	331	47,983	8,680
Dec 31, 2016	335	49,095	8,791
Dec 31, 2017	343	50,201	8,847
Dec 31, 2018	353	51,357	8,890
Dec 31, 2019	361	52,522	8,930
Dec 31, 2020	366	53,691	8,969
Dec 31, 2021	372	54,867	9,004
Dec 31, 2022	380	55,924	9,107

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.

Kenya

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

Austria

1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;