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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	Venezuela	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	277	23,188	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	281	23,601	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	285	24,011	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	288	24,425	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	289	24,841	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	293	25,255	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	296	25,667	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	304	26,079	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	311	26,589	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	319	27,098	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	319	27,510	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	318	27,920	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	319	28,327	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	321	28,722	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	324	29,111	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	327	29,418	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	331	29,693	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	335	29,961	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	343	29,856	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	353	28,858	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	361	27,921	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	366	27,871	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	372	28,316	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	380	28,418	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.

Venezuela

1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

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.