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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Greece	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	277	10,618	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	281	10,662	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	285	10,718	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	288	10,757	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	289	10,783	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	293	10,809	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	296	10,841	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	304	10,874	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	311	10,901	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	319	10,930	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	319	10,959	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	318	10,973	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	319	10,957	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	321	10,898	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	324	10,819	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	327	10,747	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	331	10,677	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	335	10,633	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	343	10,612	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	353	10,590	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	361	10,579	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	366	10,556	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	372	10,499	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	380	10,437	5,556

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.

Greece

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
1833-1913: Kostelenos G., S. Petmezas, D. Vasiliou, E. Kounaris and M. Sfakianakis, (2007), "Gross Domestic Product 1830-1939", Sources of Economic History of Modern Greece: Quantitative data and statistical series 1830-1939, Historical Archives of the National Bank of Greece, Athens.
1913-1929: C. Clark, Conditions of Economic Progress, 3rd edition, Macmillan, London, 1957; 1929-38 GNP at factor cost from Ekonomikos Tachydromos, 22 May 1954; 1938-50 from OEEC, Europe and the World Economy, Paris 1960, p.116.
1929-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

Finland

1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.