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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Russia	Mexico
Dec 31, 1999	277	147,218	97,242
Dec 31, 2000	281	146,600	98,403
Dec 31, 2001	285	145,980	99,599
Dec 31, 2002	288	145,310	100,863
Dec 31, 2003	289	144,652	102,132
Dec 31, 2004	293	144,071	103,334
Dec 31, 2005	296	143,522	104,508
Dec 31, 2006	304	143,053	105,738
Dec 31, 2007	311	142,809	107,083
Dec 31, 2008	319	142,746	108,554
Dec 31, 2009	319	142,789	110,061
Dec 31, 2010	318	142,853	111,468
Dec 31, 2011	319	142,964	112,826
Dec 31, 2012	321	143,205	114,163
Dec 31, 2013	324	143,510	115,471
Dec 31, 2014	327	146,094	116,757
Dec 31, 2015	331	146,410	118,017
Dec 31, 2016	335	146,678	117,444
Dec 31, 2017	343	146,846	118,799
Dec 31, 2018	353	146,834	120,289
Dec 31, 2019	361	146,768	121,872
Dec 31, 2020	366	146,463	123,260
Dec 31, 2021	372	145,849	124,462
Dec 31, 2022	380	146,693	125,247

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.

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

Mexico

1550–1812: Arroyo Abad, L. and J.L. van Zanden (2016), “Growth under Extractive Institutions? Latin American Per Capita GDP in Colonial Times” Journal of Economic History 76(4): 1182–1215.
1812–1870: Prados de la Escosura, L., (2009), ‘Lost decades? Economic performance in post-independence Latin America’, Journal of Latin America Studies, 41, pp. 279–307. (updated data)
1870-1895: Bértola, L., & Ocampo, J. A. (2012). The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford University Press, Table A.2
1895–2003: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350