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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Netherlands	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	277	15,817	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	281	15,932	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	285	16,052	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	288	16,155	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	289	16,231	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	293	16,288	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	296	16,326	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	304	16,352	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	311	16,388	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	319	16,452	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	319	16,536	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	318	16,621	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,699	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,761	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	324	16,810	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	327	16,871	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	331	16,946	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	335	17,036	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	343	17,137	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	353	17,238	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	361	17,351	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	366	17,448	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	372	17,539	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	380	17,709	34,081

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.

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828