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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Netherlands	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	277	15,817	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	281	15,932	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	285	16,052	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	288	16,155	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	289	16,231	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	293	16,288	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	296	16,326	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	304	16,352	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	311	16,388	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	319	16,452	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	319	16,536	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	318	16,621	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,699	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,761	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	324	16,810	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	327	16,871	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	331	16,946	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	335	17,036	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	343	17,137	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	353	17,238	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	361	17,351	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	366	17,448	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	372	17,539	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	380	17,709	217,718

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.

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.

Brazil

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1850–1899: 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
1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;