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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	United Arab Emirates	France
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,101	60,396
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,284	60,811
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,458	61,255
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,613	61,703
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,754	62,141
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,882	62,600
Dec 31, 2005	296	4,000	63,073
Dec 31, 2006	304	4,532	63,513
Dec 31, 2007	311	5,623	63,906
Dec 31, 2008	319	7,277	64,264
Dec 31, 2009	319	8,164	64,594
Dec 31, 2010	318	8,152	64,913
Dec 31, 2011	319	8,438	65,231
Dec 31, 2012	321	8,747	65,552
Dec 31, 2013	324	9,077	65,891
Dec 31, 2014	327	9,321	66,212
Dec 31, 2015	331	9,461	66,480
Dec 31, 2016	335	9,587	66,730
Dec 31, 2017	343	9,699	67,015
Dec 31, 2018	353	9,796	67,347
Dec 31, 2019	361	9,879	67,660
Dec 31, 2020	366	9,953	67,901
Dec 31, 2021	372	10,018	68,114
Dec 31, 2022	380	10,099	68,387

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.

France

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
1276–1800: Ridolfi, L., & Nuvolari, A. (2021). L’histoire immobile? A reappraisal of French economic growth using the demand-side approach, 1280–1850. European Review of Economic History, 25(3), 405–428
1850-1913: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987
1920-1950: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987

No separate list is published for United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.