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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	Portugal	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	277	10,144	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	281	10,215	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	285	10,288	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	288	10,344	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	289	10,383	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	293	10,408	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	296	10,427	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	304	10,446	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	311	10,467	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	319	10,482	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	319	10,492	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	318	10,497	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	319	10,481	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	321	10,439	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	324	10,382	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	327	10,326	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	331	10,283	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	335	10,251	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	343	10,226	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	353	10,209	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	361	10,212	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	366	10,223	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	372	10,214	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	380	10,200	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.

Portugal

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
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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.