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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Chad	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	277	7,559	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	281	7,821	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	285	8,092	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	288	8,395	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	289	8,763	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	293	9,191	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	296	9,594	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	304	9,967	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	311	10,338	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	319	10,728	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	319	11,139	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	318	11,550	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	319	11,983	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	321	12,427	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	324	12,895	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	327	13,379	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	331	13,823	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	335	14,277	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	343	14,765	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	353	15,252	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	361	15,750	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	366	16,257	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	372	16,776	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	380	17,307	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.

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.

No separate list is published for Chad; the database as a whole is cited above.