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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Poland	Nigeria
Dec 31, 1999	277	38,358	121,649
Dec 31, 2000	281	38,344	125,014
Dec 31, 2001	285	38,339	128,513
Dec 31, 2002	288	38,320	132,165
Dec 31, 2003	289	38,283	135,971
Dec 31, 2004	293	38,268	139,900
Dec 31, 2005	296	38,249	143,914
Dec 31, 2006	304	38,220	148,019
Dec 31, 2007	311	38,204	152,195
Dec 31, 2008	319	38,204	156,434
Dec 31, 2009	319	38,572	160,751
Dec 31, 2010	318	38,606	165,142
Dec 31, 2011	319	38,615	169,607
Dec 31, 2012	321	38,623	174,142
Dec 31, 2013	324	38,591	178,737
Dec 31, 2014	327	38,573	183,362
Dec 31, 2015	331	38,544	187,979
Dec 31, 2016	335	38,516	192,594
Dec 31, 2017	343	38,511	197,417
Dec 31, 2018	353	38,502	202,498
Dec 31, 2019	361	38,475	207,699
Dec 31, 2020	366	38,443	213,021
Dec 31, 2021	372	38,250	218,473
Dec 31, 2022	380	37,914	223,735

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.

Poland

1409–1913: Malinowski, M. and Van Zanden (2017), “National income and its distribution in preindustrial Poland in a global perspective” Cliometrica, Volume 11, Issue 3, pp 375–40
1913-1929: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1929-1938: K. Laski, Akumulacja i spozycie w procesie uprzemyslowienia Polski Ludowej, Ksiazka i Wiedza, Warsaw, 1956, pp. 86-90
1937-1950: T.P. Alton (1970), p. 46,

Nigeria

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.