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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Brazil	Indonesia
Dec 31, 1999	277	174,320	208,105
Dec 31, 2000	281	176,902	211,408
Dec 31, 2001	285	179,389	214,475
Dec 31, 2002	288	181,721	217,516
Dec 31, 2003	289	183,970	220,549
Dec 31, 2004	293	186,165	224,473
Dec 31, 2005	296	188,330	227,534
Dec 31, 2006	304	190,438	230,739
Dec 31, 2007	311	192,450	233,918
Dec 31, 2008	319	194,458	237,056
Dec 31, 2009	319	196,464	240,140
Dec 31, 2010	318	198,408	243,171
Dec 31, 2011	319	200,152	246,150
Dec 31, 2012	321	201,894	249,086
Dec 31, 2013	324	203,614	251,947
Dec 31, 2014	327	205,358	254,702
Dec 31, 2015	331	207,148	257,351
Dec 31, 2016	335	208,859	259,906
Dec 31, 2017	343	210,537	262,379
Dec 31, 2018	353	212,258	264,789
Dec 31, 2019	361	213,940	267,142
Dec 31, 2020	366	215,577	269,437
Dec 31, 2021	372	216,720	271,674
Dec 31, 2022	380	217,718	273,409

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.

All data sources

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.

Brazil

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1850–1899: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350
1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;

Indonesia

1815 – 1880 (Java): Van Zanden (2012). “Economic Growth in Java 1815-1939: The Reconstruction of the Historical National Accounts of a Colonial Economy”, Maddison-Project Working Paper WP-3.
1880-2008: Van der Eng, P. (2010). The Sources of Long-Term Economic Growth in Indonesia, 1880-2008”, Explorations in Economic History, 47: 294-309