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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Spain	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	277	40,378	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	281	40,563	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	285	40,775	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	288	41,433	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	289	42,205	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	293	42,869	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	296	43,672	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	304	44,370	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	311	45,246	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	319	45,993	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	319	46,378	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	318	46,573	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	319	46,746	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	321	46,777	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	324	46,603	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	327	46,465	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	331	46,420	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	335	46,460	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	343	46,543	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	353	46,739	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	361	47,116	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	366	47,366	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	372	47,342	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	380	47,625	31,845

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 Nepal; the database as a whole is cited above.