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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Lebanon	Netherlands
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,460	15,817
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,499	15,932
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,554	16,052
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,610	16,155
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,665	16,231
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,721	16,288
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,777	16,326
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,853	16,352
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,954	16,388
Dec 31, 2008	319	4,036	16,452
Dec 31, 2009	319	4,082	16,536
Dec 31, 2010	318	4,097	16,621
Dec 31, 2011	319	4,115	16,699
Dec 31, 2012	321	4,206	16,761
Dec 31, 2013	324	4,696	16,810
Dec 31, 2014	327	5,365	16,871
Dec 31, 2015	331	5,640	16,946
Dec 31, 2016	335	5,688	17,036
Dec 31, 2017	343	5,680	17,137
Dec 31, 2018	353	5,562	17,238
Dec 31, 2019	361	5,331	17,351
Dec 31, 2020	366	4,986	17,448
Dec 31, 2021	372	4,802	17,539
Dec 31, 2022	380	4,713	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.

Lebanon

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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.