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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Chile	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	277	15,140	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	281	15,340	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	285	15,513	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	288	15,686	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	289	15,859	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	293	16,029	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	296	16,222	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	304	16,364	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	311	16,536	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	319	16,700	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	319	16,864	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	318	16,999	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	319	17,189	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	321	17,378	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,545	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,720	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	331	17,904	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,099	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	343	18,350	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	353	18,681	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	361	19,035	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	366	19,385	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	372	19,604	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	380	19,715	10,099

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.

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

No separate list is published for United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.