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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Belgium	Australia
Dec 31, 1999	277	10,227	18,692
Dec 31, 2000	281	10,252	18,907
Dec 31, 2001	285	10,288	19,151
Dec 31, 2002	288	10,334	19,371
Dec 31, 2003	289	10,377	19,595
Dec 31, 2004	293	10,422	19,805
Dec 31, 2005	296	10,480	20,048
Dec 31, 2006	304	10,549	20,320
Dec 31, 2007	311	10,627	20,694
Dec 31, 2008	319	10,711	21,113
Dec 31, 2009	319	10,797	21,553
Dec 31, 2010	318	10,897	21,891
Dec 31, 2011	319	11,039	22,197
Dec 31, 2012	321	11,108	22,588
Dec 31, 2013	324	11,160	22,980
Dec 31, 2014	327	11,210	23,326
Dec 31, 2015	331	11,275	23,664
Dec 31, 2016	335	11,332	24,036
Dec 31, 2017	343	11,376	24,445
Dec 31, 2018	353	11,429	24,823
Dec 31, 2019	361	11,491	25,204
Dec 31, 2020	366	11,546	25,529
Dec 31, 2021	372	11,594	25,574
Dec 31, 2022	380	11,695	25,826

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.

Belgium

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1500- 1846: Buyst, E. (2011), “Towards Estimates of Long Term Growth in the Southern Low Countries, ca.1500-1846”, Results presented at the Conference on Quantifying Long Run Economic Development, Venice, 22-24 March, 2011
1846-1913: J. Gadisseur, "Contribution à l'étude de la production agricole en Belgique de 1846 à 1913", Revue belge d'histoire contemporaine, vol. IV, 1-2, 1973,
1913-1950: C. Carbonnelle, "Recherches sur levolution de la production en Belgique de 1900à 1957", Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles, no. 3, April 1959, p. 358.

Australia

1820-1828: Butlin, N.G. 'Our 200 Years', Queesland Calendar, 1988
1828-1860: N.G. Butlin, "Contours of the Australian Economy 1788-1860", Australian Economic Review, Sept. 1986, pp. 112-13;
1861-1938/9: N.G. Butlin, Australian Domestic Product, Investment and Foreign Borrowing 1861-1938/9, Cambridge, 1962,pp.460-1; amdended as indicated in N.G. Butlin, Investment in Australian Economic Development 1861-19000, Cambridge, 1964, p. 453 and with revised deflator shown in M.W. Butlin, A Preliminary Annual Databae 1900/1901 to 1973/1974, Discussion Paper 7701, Reserve Bank of Australia, 1977, p. 41
1938/9-1950: from expenditure aggregates in 1966/7 prices in M.W. Butlin, RS/FLW/, p.85.