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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Spain	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	277	40,378	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	281	40,563	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	285	40,775	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	288	41,433	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	289	42,205	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	293	42,869	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	296	43,672	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	304	44,370	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	311	45,246	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	319	45,993	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	319	46,378	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	318	46,573	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	319	46,746	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	321	46,777	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	324	46,603	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	327	46,465	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	331	46,420	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	335	46,460	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	343	46,543	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	353	46,739	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	361	47,116	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	366	47,366	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	372	47,342	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	380	47,625	29,417

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.

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)

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