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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Puerto Rico	Australia
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,800	18,692
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,811	18,907
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,819	19,151
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,824	19,371
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,826	19,595
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,827	19,805
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,822	20,048
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,805	20,320
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,783	20,694
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,761	21,113
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,741	21,553
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,722	21,891
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,679	22,197
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,636	22,588
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,589	22,980
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,534	23,326
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,473	23,664
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,411	24,036
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,352	24,445
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,295	24,823
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,268	25,204
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,247	25,529
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,232	25,574
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,228	25,826

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.

Australia

1820-1828: Butlin, N.G. 'Our 200 Years', Queesland Calendar, 1988
1828-1860: N.G. Butlin, "Contours of the Australian Economy 1788-1860", Australian Economic Review, Sept. 1986, pp. 112-13;
1861-1938/9: N.G. Butlin, Australian Domestic Product, Investment and Foreign Borrowing 1861-1938/9, Cambridge, 1962,pp.460-1; amdended as indicated in N.G. Butlin, Investment in Australian Economic Development 1861-19000, Cambridge, 1964, p. 453 and with revised deflator shown in M.W. Butlin, A Preliminary Annual Databae 1900/1901 to 1973/1974, Discussion Paper 7701, Reserve Bank of Australia, 1977, p. 41
1938/9-1950: from expenditure aggregates in 1966/7 prices in M.W. Butlin, RS/FLW/, p.85.

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