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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Indonesia	Mexico
Dec 31, 1999	277	208,105	97,242
Dec 31, 2000	281	211,408	98,403
Dec 31, 2001	285	214,475	99,599
Dec 31, 2002	288	217,516	100,863
Dec 31, 2003	289	220,549	102,132
Dec 31, 2004	293	224,473	103,334
Dec 31, 2005	296	227,534	104,508
Dec 31, 2006	304	230,739	105,738
Dec 31, 2007	311	233,918	107,083
Dec 31, 2008	319	237,056	108,554
Dec 31, 2009	319	240,140	110,061
Dec 31, 2010	318	243,171	111,468
Dec 31, 2011	319	246,150	112,826
Dec 31, 2012	321	249,086	114,163
Dec 31, 2013	324	251,947	115,471
Dec 31, 2014	327	254,702	116,757
Dec 31, 2015	331	257,351	118,017
Dec 31, 2016	335	259,906	117,444
Dec 31, 2017	343	262,379	118,799
Dec 31, 2018	353	264,789	120,289
Dec 31, 2019	361	267,142	121,872
Dec 31, 2020	366	269,437	123,260
Dec 31, 2021	372	271,674	124,462
Dec 31, 2022	380	273,409	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.

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

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