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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Spain	Morocco
Dec 31, 1999	277	40,378	28,400
Dec 31, 2000	281	40,563	28,744
Dec 31, 2001	285	40,775	29,094
Dec 31, 2002	288	41,433	29,447
Dec 31, 2003	289	42,205	29,806
Dec 31, 2004	293	42,869	30,169
Dec 31, 2005	296	43,672	30,552
Dec 31, 2006	304	44,370	30,953
Dec 31, 2007	311	45,246	31,354
Dec 31, 2008	319	45,993	31,754
Dec 31, 2009	319	46,378	32,154
Dec 31, 2010	318	46,573	32,553
Dec 31, 2011	319	46,746	32,951
Dec 31, 2012	321	46,777	33,346
Dec 31, 2013	324	46,603	33,737
Dec 31, 2014	327	46,465	34,124
Dec 31, 2015	331	46,420	34,511
Dec 31, 2016	335	46,460	34,898
Dec 31, 2017	343	46,543	35,279
Dec 31, 2018	353	46,739	35,653
Dec 31, 2019	361	47,116	36,018
Dec 31, 2020	366	47,366	36,375
Dec 31, 2021	372	47,342	36,723
Dec 31, 2022	380	47,625	37,101

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 Morocco; the database as a whole is cited above.