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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Austria	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	277	8,039	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	281	8,059	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	285	8,090	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	288	8,130	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	289	8,166	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	293	8,217	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	296	8,274	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	304	8,317	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	311	8,344	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	319	8,370	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	319	8,390	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	318	8,410	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	319	8,438	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	321	8,476	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	324	8,527	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	327	8,594	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	331	8,680	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	335	8,791	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	343	8,847	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	353	8,890	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	361	8,930	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	366	8,969	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	372	9,004	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	380	9,107	51,731

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;

South Korea

1911-1990: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing
1820, 1870: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995