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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Ecuador	Mexico
Dec 31, 1999	277	12,268	97,242
Dec 31, 2000	281	12,446	98,403
Dec 31, 2001	285	12,629	99,599
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,827	100,863
Dec 31, 2003	289	13,074	102,132
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,368	103,334
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,661	104,508
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,915	105,738
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,133	107,083
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,352	108,554
Dec 31, 2009	319	14,569	110,061
Dec 31, 2010	318	14,786	111,468
Dec 31, 2011	319	15,002	112,826
Dec 31, 2012	321	15,218	114,163
Dec 31, 2013	324	15,433	115,471
Dec 31, 2014	327	15,647	116,757
Dec 31, 2015	331	15,860	118,017
Dec 31, 2016	335	16,072	117,444
Dec 31, 2017	343	16,282	118,799
Dec 31, 2018	353	16,489	120,289
Dec 31, 2019	361	16,693	121,872
Dec 31, 2020	366	16,894	123,260
Dec 31, 2021	372	17,093	124,462
Dec 31, 2022	380	17,288	125,247

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.

Ecuador

1833-1938: 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). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

Mexico

1550–1812: Arroyo Abad, L. and J.L. van Zanden (2016), “Growth under Extractive Institutions? Latin American Per Capita GDP in Colonial Times” Journal of Economic History 76(4): 1182–1215.
1812–1870: Prados de la Escosura, L., (2009), ‘Lost decades? Economic performance in post-independence Latin America’, Journal of Latin America Studies, 41, pp. 279–307. (updated data)
1870-1895: Bértola, L., & Ocampo, J. A. (2012). The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford University Press, Table A.2
1895–2003: 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