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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Libya	Mexico
Dec 31, 1999	277	4,993	97,242
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,116	98,403
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,237	99,599
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,357	100,863
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,476	102,132
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,595	103,334
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,715	104,508
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,835	105,738
Dec 31, 2007	311	5,967	107,083
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,115	108,554
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,270	110,061
Dec 31, 2010	318	6,432	111,468
Dec 31, 2011	319	6,144	112,826
Dec 31, 2012	321	5,849	114,163
Dec 31, 2013	324	6,010	115,471
Dec 31, 2014	327	6,163	116,757
Dec 31, 2015	331	6,291	118,017
Dec 31, 2016	335	6,415	117,444
Dec 31, 2017	343	6,549	118,799
Dec 31, 2018	353	6,689	120,289
Dec 31, 2019	361	6,826	121,872
Dec 31, 2020	366	6,960	123,260
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,088	124,462
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,169	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.

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

No separate list is published for Libya; the database as a whole is cited above.