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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Greece	Sweden
Dec 31, 1999	277	10,618	8,858
Dec 31, 2000	281	10,662	8,872
Dec 31, 2001	285	10,718	8,896
Dec 31, 2002	288	10,757	8,925
Dec 31, 2003	289	10,783	8,958
Dec 31, 2004	293	10,809	8,994
Dec 31, 2005	296	10,841	9,030
Dec 31, 2006	304	10,874	9,081
Dec 31, 2007	311	10,901	9,148
Dec 31, 2008	319	10,930	9,220
Dec 31, 2009	319	10,959	9,299
Dec 31, 2010	318	10,973	9,378
Dec 31, 2011	319	10,957	9,449
Dec 31, 2012	321	10,898	9,519
Dec 31, 2013	324	10,819	9,600
Dec 31, 2014	327	10,747	9,696
Dec 31, 2015	331	10,677	9,799
Dec 31, 2016	335	10,633	9,923
Dec 31, 2017	343	10,612	10,058
Dec 31, 2018	353	10,590	10,175
Dec 31, 2019	361	10,579	10,279
Dec 31, 2020	366	10,556	10,354
Dec 31, 2021	372	10,499	10,416
Dec 31, 2022	380	10,437	10,487

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.

Greece

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
1833-1913: Kostelenos G., S. Petmezas, D. Vasiliou, E. Kounaris and M. Sfakianakis, (2007), "Gross Domestic Product 1830-1939", Sources of Economic History of Modern Greece: Quantitative data and statistical series 1830-1939, Historical Archives of the National Bank of Greece, Athens.
1913-1929: C. Clark, Conditions of Economic Progress, 3rd edition, Macmillan, London, 1957; 1929-38 GNP at factor cost from Ekonomikos Tachydromos, 22 May 1954; 1938-50 from OEEC, Europe and the World Economy, Paris 1960, p.116.
1929-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

Sweden

1300–1560: Krantz, O. (2017) “Swedish GDP 1300-1560 A Tentative Estimate” Lund Papers in Economic History: General Issues; No. 152.
1560–1950: Schön, L., and O. Krantz (2015) “New Swedish Historical National Accounts since the 16th Century in Constant and Current Prices” Lund Papers in Economic History no. 140