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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Afghanistan	Netherlands
Dec 31, 1999	277	22,206	15,817
Dec 31, 2000	281	22,461	15,932
Dec 31, 2001	285	22,507	16,052
Dec 31, 2002	288	23,600	16,155
Dec 31, 2003	289	25,005	16,231
Dec 31, 2004	293	25,698	16,288
Dec 31, 2005	296	26,335	16,326
Dec 31, 2006	304	27,154	16,352
Dec 31, 2007	311	27,387	16,388
Dec 31, 2008	319	27,706	16,452
Dec 31, 2009	319	28,484	16,536
Dec 31, 2010	318	29,121	16,621
Dec 31, 2011	319	29,758	16,699
Dec 31, 2012	321	30,420	16,761
Dec 31, 2013	324	31,108	16,810
Dec 31, 2014	327	31,823	16,871
Dec 31, 2015	331	32,564	16,946
Dec 31, 2016	335	33,332	17,036
Dec 31, 2017	343	34,125	17,137
Dec 31, 2018	353	34,941	17,238
Dec 31, 2019	361	35,972	17,351
Dec 31, 2020	366	37,034	17,448
Dec 31, 2021	372	38,127	17,539
Dec 31, 2022	380	39,252	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 Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.