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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	United States	Netherlands
Dec 31, 1999	277	279,040	15,817
Dec 31, 2000	281	282,162	15,932
Dec 31, 2001	285	284,969	16,052
Dec 31, 2002	288	287,625	16,155
Dec 31, 2003	289	290,108	16,231
Dec 31, 2004	293	292,805	16,288
Dec 31, 2005	296	295,517	16,326
Dec 31, 2006	304	298,380	16,352
Dec 31, 2007	311	301,231	16,388
Dec 31, 2008	319	304,094	16,452
Dec 31, 2009	319	306,772	16,536
Dec 31, 2010	318	309,327	16,621
Dec 31, 2011	319	311,583	16,699
Dec 31, 2012	321	313,878	16,761
Dec 31, 2013	324	316,060	16,810
Dec 31, 2014	327	318,386	16,871
Dec 31, 2015	331	320,739	16,946
Dec 31, 2016	335	323,072	17,036
Dec 31, 2017	343	325,122	17,137
Dec 31, 2018	353	326,838	17,238
Dec 31, 2019	361	328,330	17,351
Dec 31, 2020	366	331,512	17,448
Dec 31, 2021	372	332,032	17,539
Dec 31, 2022	380	333,288	17,709

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.

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).

Netherlands

1348–1807 (Holland): Van Zanden, J. L. and van Leeuwen, B. (2012), ‘Persistent but not consistent: the growth of national income in Holland 1347–1807’, Explorations in Economic History, 49 (2012), pp. 119–30.
1807-1913: Smits, J.P., E. Horlings and J.L. van Zanden (2000). The Measurement of Gross National Product and its Components 1800-1913 (Groningen Growth and Development Centre Monograph series no 5).
1913-1950: C.A. van Bochove and T.A. Huitker, "Main National Accounting Series, 1900-1986", CBS Occasional Paper, No. 17, The Hague, 1987.