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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Japan	Indonesia
Dec 31, 1999	277	126,512	208,105
Dec 31, 2000	281	126,755	211,408
Dec 31, 2001	285	127,056	214,475
Dec 31, 2002	288	127,324	217,516
Dec 31, 2003	289	127,558	220,549
Dec 31, 2004	293	127,658	224,473
Dec 31, 2005	296	127,679	227,534
Dec 31, 2006	304	127,762	230,739
Dec 31, 2007	311	127,904	233,918
Dec 31, 2008	319	127,969	237,056
Dec 31, 2009	319	127,958	240,140
Dec 31, 2010	318	127,967	243,171
Dec 31, 2011	319	127,755	246,150
Dec 31, 2012	321	127,476	249,086
Dec 31, 2013	324	127,257	251,947
Dec 31, 2014	327	127,186	254,702
Dec 31, 2015	331	127,034	257,351
Dec 31, 2016	335	126,857	259,906
Dec 31, 2017	343	126,631	262,379
Dec 31, 2018	353	126,368	264,789
Dec 31, 2019	361	126,092	267,142
Dec 31, 2020	366	125,634	269,437
Dec 31, 2021	372	125,427	271,674
Dec 31, 2022	380	124,762	273,409

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.

All data sources

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.

Japan

724-1874: Bassino, Jean-Pascal & Broadberry, Stephen & Fukao, Kyoji & Gupta, Bishnupriya & Takashima, Masanori, (2018). "Japan and the Great Divergence, 730-1874," CEI Working Paper Series 2018-13, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
1874-1940: Fukao, K., Bassino, J.-P., Makino, T., Paprzycki, R., Settsu, T., Takashima, M., and Tokui, J. (2015) Regional Inequality and Industrial Structure in Japan: 1874-2008, Tokyo: Maruzen Publishing.

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