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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Switzerland	United States
Dec 31, 1999	277	7,258	279,040
Dec 31, 2000	281	7,296	282,162
Dec 31, 2001	285	7,332	284,969
Dec 31, 2002	288	7,384	287,625
Dec 31, 2003	289	7,438	290,108
Dec 31, 2004	293	7,488	292,805
Dec 31, 2005	296	7,532	295,517
Dec 31, 2006	304	7,579	298,380
Dec 31, 2007	311	7,647	301,231
Dec 31, 2008	319	7,738	304,094
Dec 31, 2009	319	7,825	306,772
Dec 31, 2010	318	7,884	309,327
Dec 31, 2011	319	7,959	311,583
Dec 31, 2012	321	8,044	313,878
Dec 31, 2013	324	8,137	316,060
Dec 31, 2014	327	8,237	318,386
Dec 31, 2015	331	8,332	320,739
Dec 31, 2016	335	8,423	323,072
Dec 31, 2017	343	8,502	325,122
Dec 31, 2018	353	8,565	326,838
Dec 31, 2019	361	8,626	328,330
Dec 31, 2020	366	8,689	331,512
Dec 31, 2021	372	8,756	332,032
Dec 31, 2022	380	8,834	333,288

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.

Switzerland

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
1850-2011: Stohr, Christian (2016), Trading Gains: new estimates of Swiss GDP, 1851-2008. Economic History Working Papers, 245/2016. London School of Economics and Political Science, Economic History Department, London, UK

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: 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)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).