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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	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	277	30,192	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	281	31,025	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	285	31,919	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	288	32,865	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	289	33,846	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	293	34,880	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	296	35,961	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	304	37,093	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	311	38,248	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	319	39,441	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	319	40,668	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	318	41,900	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	319	43,198	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	321	44,470	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	324	45,639	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	327	46,808	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	331	47,983	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	335	49,095	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	343	50,201	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	353	51,357	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	361	52,522	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	366	53,691	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	372	54,867	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	380	55,924	83,811

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.

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.