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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Austria	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	277	8,039	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	281	8,059	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	285	8,090	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	288	8,130	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	289	8,166	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	293	8,217	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	296	8,274	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	304	8,317	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	311	8,344	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	319	8,370	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	319	8,390	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	318	8,410	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	319	8,438	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	321	8,476	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	324	8,527	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	327	8,594	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	331	8,680	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	335	8,791	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	343	8,847	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	353	8,890	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	361	8,930	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	366	8,969	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	372	9,004	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	380	9,107	48,065

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;

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.