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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Netherlands	Cambodia
Dec 31, 1999	277	15,817	12,122
Dec 31, 2000	281	15,932	12,317
Dec 31, 2001	285	16,052	12,504
Dec 31, 2002	288	16,155	12,691
Dec 31, 2003	289	16,231	12,881
Dec 31, 2004	293	16,288	13,076
Dec 31, 2005	296	16,326	13,276
Dec 31, 2006	304	16,352	13,461
Dec 31, 2007	311	16,388	13,630
Dec 31, 2008	319	16,452	13,808
Dec 31, 2009	319	16,536	13,990
Dec 31, 2010	318	16,621	14,162
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,699	14,322
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,761	14,480
Dec 31, 2013	324	16,810	14,637
Dec 31, 2014	327	16,871	14,793
Dec 31, 2015	331	16,946	14,994
Dec 31, 2016	335	17,036	15,238
Dec 31, 2017	343	17,137	15,480
Dec 31, 2018	353	17,238	15,717
Dec 31, 2019	361	17,351	15,944
Dec 31, 2020	366	17,448	16,149
Dec 31, 2021	372	17,539	16,338
Dec 31, 2022	380	17,709	16,514

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.

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