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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Venezuela	Austria
Dec 31, 1999	277	23,188	8,039
Dec 31, 2000	281	23,601	8,059
Dec 31, 2001	285	24,011	8,090
Dec 31, 2002	288	24,425	8,130
Dec 31, 2003	289	24,841	8,166
Dec 31, 2004	293	25,255	8,217
Dec 31, 2005	296	25,667	8,274
Dec 31, 2006	304	26,079	8,317
Dec 31, 2007	311	26,589	8,344
Dec 31, 2008	319	27,098	8,370
Dec 31, 2009	319	27,510	8,390
Dec 31, 2010	318	27,920	8,410
Dec 31, 2011	319	28,327	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	321	28,722	8,476
Dec 31, 2013	324	29,111	8,527
Dec 31, 2014	327	29,418	8,594
Dec 31, 2015	331	29,693	8,680
Dec 31, 2016	335	29,961	8,791
Dec 31, 2017	343	29,856	8,847
Dec 31, 2018	353	28,858	8,890
Dec 31, 2019	361	27,921	8,930
Dec 31, 2020	366	27,871	8,969
Dec 31, 2021	372	28,316	9,004
Dec 31, 2022	380	28,418	9,107

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.

Venezuela

1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

Austria

1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;