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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Austria	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	277	8,039	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	281	8,059	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	285	8,090	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	288	8,130	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	289	8,166	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	293	8,217	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	296	8,274	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	304	8,317	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	311	8,344	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	319	8,370	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	319	8,390	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	318	8,410	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	319	8,438	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	321	8,476	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	324	8,527	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	327	8,594	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	331	8,680	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	335	8,791	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	343	8,847	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	353	8,890	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	361	8,930	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	366	8,969	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	372	9,004	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	380	9,107	5,556

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.

Austria

1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;

Finland

1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.