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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	United States	Mauritania
Dec 31, 1999	277	279,040	2,437
Dec 31, 2000	281	282,162	2,501
Dec 31, 2001	285	284,969	2,566
Dec 31, 2002	288	287,625	2,632
Dec 31, 2003	289	290,108	2,699
Dec 31, 2004	293	292,805	2,768
Dec 31, 2005	296	295,517	2,838
Dec 31, 2006	304	298,380	2,909
Dec 31, 2007	311	301,231	2,981
Dec 31, 2008	319	304,094	3,055
Dec 31, 2009	319	306,772	3,129
Dec 31, 2010	318	309,327	3,205
Dec 31, 2011	319	311,583	3,282
Dec 31, 2012	321	313,878	3,359
Dec 31, 2013	324	316,060	3,438
Dec 31, 2014	327	318,386	3,517
Dec 31, 2015	331	320,739	3,597
Dec 31, 2016	335	323,072	3,677
Dec 31, 2017	343	325,122	3,759
Dec 31, 2018	353	326,838	3,840
Dec 31, 2019	361	328,330	3,942
Dec 31, 2020	366	331,512	4,045
Dec 31, 2021	372	332,032	4,150
Dec 31, 2022	380	333,288	4,259

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.

All data sources

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.

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).

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