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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Spain	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	277	40,378	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	281	40,563	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	285	40,775	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	288	41,433	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	289	42,205	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	293	42,869	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	296	43,672	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	304	44,370	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	311	45,246	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	319	45,993	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	319	46,378	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	318	46,573	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	319	46,746	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	321	46,777	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	324	46,603	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	327	46,465	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	331	46,420	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	335	46,460	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	343	46,543	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	353	46,739	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	361	47,116	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	366	47,366	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	372	47,342	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	380	47,625	7,387

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 Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.