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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Spain	Indonesia
Dec 31, 1999	277	40,378	208,105
Dec 31, 2000	281	40,563	211,408
Dec 31, 2001	285	40,775	214,475
Dec 31, 2002	288	41,433	217,516
Dec 31, 2003	289	42,205	220,549
Dec 31, 2004	293	42,869	224,473
Dec 31, 2005	296	43,672	227,534
Dec 31, 2006	304	44,370	230,739
Dec 31, 2007	311	45,246	233,918
Dec 31, 2008	319	45,993	237,056
Dec 31, 2009	319	46,378	240,140
Dec 31, 2010	318	46,573	243,171
Dec 31, 2011	319	46,746	246,150
Dec 31, 2012	321	46,777	249,086
Dec 31, 2013	324	46,603	251,947
Dec 31, 2014	327	46,465	254,702
Dec 31, 2015	331	46,420	257,351
Dec 31, 2016	335	46,460	259,906
Dec 31, 2017	343	46,543	262,379
Dec 31, 2018	353	46,739	264,789
Dec 31, 2019	361	47,116	267,142
Dec 31, 2020	366	47,366	269,437
Dec 31, 2021	372	47,342	271,674
Dec 31, 2022	380	47,625	273,409

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)

Indonesia

1815 – 1880 (Java): Van Zanden (2012). “Economic Growth in Java 1815-1939: The Reconstruction of the Historical National Accounts of a Colonial Economy”, Maddison-Project Working Paper WP-3.
1880-2008: Van der Eng, P. (2010). The Sources of Long-Term Economic Growth in Indonesia, 1880-2008”, Explorations in Economic History, 47: 294-309