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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Brazil	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	277	174,320	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	281	176,902	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	285	179,389	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	288	181,721	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	289	183,970	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	293	186,165	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	296	188,330	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	304	190,438	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	311	192,450	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	319	194,458	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	319	196,464	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	318	198,408	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	319	200,152	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	321	201,894	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	324	203,614	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	327	205,358	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	331	207,148	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	335	208,859	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	343	210,537	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	353	212,258	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	361	213,940	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	366	215,577	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	372	216,720	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	380	217,718	47,625

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.

Brazil

1800 - 1870: 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)
1850–1899: 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
1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)