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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	United Arab Emirates	Netherlands
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,101	15,817
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,284	15,932
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,458	16,052
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,613	16,155
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,754	16,231
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,882	16,288
Dec 31, 2005	296	4,000	16,326
Dec 31, 2006	304	4,532	16,352
Dec 31, 2007	311	5,623	16,388
Dec 31, 2008	319	7,277	16,452
Dec 31, 2009	319	8,164	16,536
Dec 31, 2010	318	8,152	16,621
Dec 31, 2011	319	8,438	16,699
Dec 31, 2012	321	8,747	16,761
Dec 31, 2013	324	9,077	16,810
Dec 31, 2014	327	9,321	16,871
Dec 31, 2015	331	9,461	16,946
Dec 31, 2016	335	9,587	17,036
Dec 31, 2017	343	9,699	17,137
Dec 31, 2018	353	9,796	17,238
Dec 31, 2019	361	9,879	17,351
Dec 31, 2020	366	9,953	17,448
Dec 31, 2021	372	10,018	17,539
Dec 31, 2022	380	10,099	17,709

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.

Netherlands

1348–1807 (Holland): Van Zanden, J. L. and van Leeuwen, B. (2012), ‘Persistent but not consistent: the growth of national income in Holland 1347–1807’, Explorations in Economic History, 49 (2012), pp. 119–30.
1807-1913: Smits, J.P., E. Horlings and J.L. van Zanden (2000). The Measurement of Gross National Product and its Components 1800-1913 (Groningen Growth and Development Centre Monograph series no 5).
1913-1950: C.A. van Bochove and T.A. Huitker, "Main National Accounting Series, 1900-1986", CBS Occasional Paper, No. 17, The Hague, 1987.

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