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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	South Korea	Netherlands
Dec 31, 1999	277	46,617	15,817
Dec 31, 2000	281	47,008	15,932
Dec 31, 2001	285	47,370	16,052
Dec 31, 2002	288	47,645	16,155
Dec 31, 2003	289	47,892	16,231
Dec 31, 2004	293	48,083	16,288
Dec 31, 2005	296	48,185	16,326
Dec 31, 2006	304	48,438	16,352
Dec 31, 2007	311	48,684	16,388
Dec 31, 2008	319	49,055	16,452
Dec 31, 2009	319	49,308	16,536
Dec 31, 2010	318	49,554	16,621
Dec 31, 2011	319	49,937	16,699
Dec 31, 2012	321	50,200	16,761
Dec 31, 2013	324	50,429	16,810
Dec 31, 2014	327	50,747	16,871
Dec 31, 2015	331	51,015	16,946
Dec 31, 2016	335	51,218	17,036
Dec 31, 2017	343	51,362	17,137
Dec 31, 2018	353	51,585	17,238
Dec 31, 2019	361	51,765	17,351
Dec 31, 2020	366	51,836	17,448
Dec 31, 2021	372	51,745	17,539
Dec 31, 2022	380	51,731	17,709

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.

South Korea

1911-1990: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing
1820, 1870: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

Netherlands

1348–1807 (Holland): Van Zanden, J. L. and van Leeuwen, B. (2012), ‘Persistent but not consistent: the growth of national income in Holland 1347–1807’, Explorations in Economic History, 49 (2012), pp. 119–30.
1807-1913: Smits, J.P., E. Horlings and J.L. van Zanden (2000). The Measurement of Gross National Product and its Components 1800-1913 (Groningen Growth and Development Centre Monograph series no 5).
1913-1950: C.A. van Bochove and T.A. Huitker, "Main National Accounting Series, 1900-1986", CBS Occasional Paper, No. 17, The Hague, 1987.