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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Indonesia	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	277	208,105	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	281	211,408	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	285	214,475	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	288	217,516	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	289	220,549	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	293	224,473	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	296	227,534	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	304	230,739	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	311	233,918	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	319	237,056	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	319	240,140	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	318	243,171	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	319	246,150	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	321	249,086	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	324	251,947	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	327	254,702	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	331	257,351	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	335	259,906	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	343	262,379	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	353	264,789	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	361	267,142	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	366	269,437	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	372	271,674	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	380	273,409	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.

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

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.