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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Nigeria	Poland
Dec 31, 1999	277	121,649	38,358
Dec 31, 2000	281	125,014	38,344
Dec 31, 2001	285	128,513	38,339
Dec 31, 2002	288	132,165	38,320
Dec 31, 2003	289	135,971	38,283
Dec 31, 2004	293	139,900	38,268
Dec 31, 2005	296	143,914	38,249
Dec 31, 2006	304	148,019	38,220
Dec 31, 2007	311	152,195	38,204
Dec 31, 2008	319	156,434	38,204
Dec 31, 2009	319	160,751	38,572
Dec 31, 2010	318	165,142	38,606
Dec 31, 2011	319	169,607	38,615
Dec 31, 2012	321	174,142	38,623
Dec 31, 2013	324	178,737	38,591
Dec 31, 2014	327	183,362	38,573
Dec 31, 2015	331	187,979	38,544
Dec 31, 2016	335	192,594	38,516
Dec 31, 2017	343	197,417	38,511
Dec 31, 2018	353	202,498	38,502
Dec 31, 2019	361	207,699	38,475
Dec 31, 2020	366	213,021	38,443
Dec 31, 2021	372	218,473	38,250
Dec 31, 2022	380	223,735	37,914

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.

Nigeria

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

Poland

1409–1913: Malinowski, M. and Van Zanden (2017), “National income and its distribution in preindustrial Poland in a global perspective” Cliometrica, Volume 11, Issue 3, pp 375–40
1913-1929: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1929-1938: K. Laski, Akumulacja i spozycie w procesie uprzemyslowienia Polski Ludowej, Ksiazka i Wiedza, Warsaw, 1956, pp. 86-90
1937-1950: T.P. Alton (1970), p. 46,