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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Indonesia	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	277	208,105	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	281	211,408	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	285	214,475	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	288	217,516	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	289	220,549	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	293	224,473	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	296	227,534	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	304	230,739	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	311	233,918	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	319	237,056	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	319	240,140	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	318	243,171	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	319	246,150	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	321	249,086	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	324	251,947	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	327	254,702	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	331	257,351	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	335	259,906	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	343	262,379	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	353	264,789	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	361	267,142	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	366	269,437	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	372	271,674	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	380	273,409	19,715

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

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