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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Spain	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	277	40,378	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	281	40,563	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	285	40,775	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	288	41,433	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	289	42,205	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	293	42,869	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	296	43,672	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	304	44,370	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	311	45,246	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	319	45,993	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	319	46,378	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	318	46,573	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	319	46,746	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	321	46,777	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	324	46,603	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	327	46,465	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	331	46,420	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	335	46,460	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	343	46,543	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	353	46,739	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	361	47,116	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	366	47,366	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	372	47,342	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	380	47,625	6,910

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 Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.