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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Mexico	France
Dec 31, 1999	277	97,242	60,396
Dec 31, 2000	281	98,403	60,811
Dec 31, 2001	285	99,599	61,255
Dec 31, 2002	288	100,863	61,703
Dec 31, 2003	289	102,132	62,141
Dec 31, 2004	293	103,334	62,600
Dec 31, 2005	296	104,508	63,073
Dec 31, 2006	304	105,738	63,513
Dec 31, 2007	311	107,083	63,906
Dec 31, 2008	319	108,554	64,264
Dec 31, 2009	319	110,061	64,594
Dec 31, 2010	318	111,468	64,913
Dec 31, 2011	319	112,826	65,231
Dec 31, 2012	321	114,163	65,552
Dec 31, 2013	324	115,471	65,891
Dec 31, 2014	327	116,757	66,212
Dec 31, 2015	331	118,017	66,480
Dec 31, 2016	335	117,444	66,730
Dec 31, 2017	343	118,799	67,015
Dec 31, 2018	353	120,289	67,347
Dec 31, 2019	361	121,872	67,660
Dec 31, 2020	366	123,260	67,901
Dec 31, 2021	372	124,462	68,114
Dec 31, 2022	380	125,247	68,387

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

France

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1276–1800: Ridolfi, L., & Nuvolari, A. (2021). L’histoire immobile? A reappraisal of French economic growth using the demand-side approach, 1280–1850. European Review of Economic History, 25(3), 405–428
1850-1913: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987
1920-1950: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987