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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	New Zealand
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,890
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,912
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,947
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,018
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,094
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,151
Dec 31, 2005	296	4,198
Dec 31, 2006	304	4,248
Dec 31, 2007	311	4,287
Dec 31, 2008	319	4,323
Dec 31, 2009	319	4,370
Dec 31, 2010	318	4,416
Dec 31, 2011	319	4,446
Dec 31, 2012	321	4,471
Dec 31, 2013	324	4,516
Dec 31, 2014	327	4,597
Dec 31, 2015	331	4,695
Dec 31, 2016	335	4,800
Dec 31, 2017	343	4,897
Dec 31, 2018	353	4,982
Dec 31, 2019	361	5,074
Dec 31, 2020	366	5,159
Dec 31, 2021	372	5,188
Dec 31, 2022	380	5,245

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.

New Zealand

1870-1939: K. Rankin, "New Zealand's Gross National Product: 1859-1939, Review of Income and Wealth, March 1992, pp. 60-1., 1870 amended to include indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita)
1939-50: C. Clark, The Conditions of Economic Progress, third edition, Macmillan, London, 1957, pp. 171-2