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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Netherlands	United States
Dec 31, 1999	277	15,817	279,040
Dec 31, 2000	281	15,932	282,162
Dec 31, 2001	285	16,052	284,969
Dec 31, 2002	288	16,155	287,625
Dec 31, 2003	289	16,231	290,108
Dec 31, 2004	293	16,288	292,805
Dec 31, 2005	296	16,326	295,517
Dec 31, 2006	304	16,352	298,380
Dec 31, 2007	311	16,388	301,231
Dec 31, 2008	319	16,452	304,094
Dec 31, 2009	319	16,536	306,772
Dec 31, 2010	318	16,621	309,327
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,699	311,583
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,761	313,878
Dec 31, 2013	324	16,810	316,060
Dec 31, 2014	327	16,871	318,386
Dec 31, 2015	331	16,946	320,739
Dec 31, 2016	335	17,036	323,072
Dec 31, 2017	343	17,137	325,122
Dec 31, 2018	353	17,238	326,838
Dec 31, 2019	361	17,351	328,330
Dec 31, 2020	366	17,448	331,512
Dec 31, 2021	372	17,539	332,032
Dec 31, 2022	380	17,709	333,288

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.

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: 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)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).