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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Jordan	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	277	4,591	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	281	4,700	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,811	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,923	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,037	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,161	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,295	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,765	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,243	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,397	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,538	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	318	6,680	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	319	6,840	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	321	6,952	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	324	7,706	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	327	8,839	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	331	9,506	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	335	9,863	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	343	10,066	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	353	10,273	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	361	10,480	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	366	10,628	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	372	10,716	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	380	10,849	47,625

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.

Jordan

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
1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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)