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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Colombia	United States
Dec 31, 1999	277	38,365	279,040
Dec 31, 2000	281	38,911	282,162
Dec 31, 2001	285	39,411	284,969
Dec 31, 2002	288	39,918	287,625
Dec 31, 2003	289	40,416	290,108
Dec 31, 2004	293	40,899	292,805
Dec 31, 2005	296	41,374	295,517
Dec 31, 2006	304	41,862	298,380
Dec 31, 2007	311	42,324	301,231
Dec 31, 2008	319	42,781	304,094
Dec 31, 2009	319	43,264	306,772
Dec 31, 2010	318	43,771	309,327
Dec 31, 2011	319	44,225	311,583
Dec 31, 2012	321	44,660	313,878
Dec 31, 2013	324	45,081	316,060
Dec 31, 2014	327	45,846	318,386
Dec 31, 2015	331	46,290	320,739
Dec 31, 2016	335	46,796	323,072
Dec 31, 2017	343	47,385	325,122
Dec 31, 2018	353	48,222	326,838
Dec 31, 2019	361	49,326	328,330
Dec 31, 2020	366	50,283	331,512
Dec 31, 2021	372	50,978	332,032
Dec 31, 2022	380	51,332	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.

Colombia

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)
1870 - 1923: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P.
1929 - 1950: CEPAL, Series Historicas del Crecimiento de America Latina, Santiago, 1978

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).