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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Denmark	Indonesia
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,322	208,105
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,339	211,408
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,358	214,475
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,377	217,516
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,391	220,549
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,404	224,473
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,420	227,534
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,438	230,739
Dec 31, 2007	311	5,461	233,918
Dec 31, 2008	319	5,494	237,056
Dec 31, 2009	319	5,524	240,140
Dec 31, 2010	318	5,548	243,171
Dec 31, 2011	319	5,571	246,150
Dec 31, 2012	321	5,592	249,086
Dec 31, 2013	324	5,614	251,947
Dec 31, 2014	327	5,644	254,702
Dec 31, 2015	331	5,683	257,351
Dec 31, 2016	335	5,730	259,906
Dec 31, 2017	343	5,766	262,379
Dec 31, 2018	353	5,795	264,789
Dec 31, 2019	361	5,818	267,142
Dec 31, 2020	366	5,831	269,437
Dec 31, 2021	372	5,855	271,674
Dec 31, 2022	380	5,907	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.

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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.

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

No separate list is published for Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.