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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Mexico	Indonesia
Dec 31, 1999	277	97,242	208,105
Dec 31, 2000	281	98,403	211,408
Dec 31, 2001	285	99,599	214,475
Dec 31, 2002	288	100,863	217,516
Dec 31, 2003	289	102,132	220,549
Dec 31, 2004	293	103,334	224,473
Dec 31, 2005	296	104,508	227,534
Dec 31, 2006	304	105,738	230,739
Dec 31, 2007	311	107,083	233,918
Dec 31, 2008	319	108,554	237,056
Dec 31, 2009	319	110,061	240,140
Dec 31, 2010	318	111,468	243,171
Dec 31, 2011	319	112,826	246,150
Dec 31, 2012	321	114,163	249,086
Dec 31, 2013	324	115,471	251,947
Dec 31, 2014	327	116,757	254,702
Dec 31, 2015	331	118,017	257,351
Dec 31, 2016	335	117,444	259,906
Dec 31, 2017	343	118,799	262,379
Dec 31, 2018	353	120,289	264,789
Dec 31, 2019	361	121,872	267,142
Dec 31, 2020	366	123,260	269,437
Dec 31, 2021	372	124,462	271,674
Dec 31, 2022	380	125,247	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.

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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

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