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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	St. Lucia	Sweden
Dec 31, 1999	277	152	8,858
Dec 31, 2000	281	153	8,872
Dec 31, 2001	285	154	8,896
Dec 31, 2002	288	155	8,925
Dec 31, 2003	289	156	8,958
Dec 31, 2004	293	157	8,994
Dec 31, 2005	296	157	9,030
Dec 31, 2006	304	158	9,081
Dec 31, 2007	311	159	9,148
Dec 31, 2008	319	160	9,220
Dec 31, 2009	319	160	9,299
Dec 31, 2010	318	161	9,378
Dec 31, 2011	319	162	9,449
Dec 31, 2012	321	162	9,519
Dec 31, 2013	324	163	9,600
Dec 31, 2014	327	163	9,696
Dec 31, 2015	331	164	9,799
Dec 31, 2016	335	164	9,923
Dec 31, 2017	343	165	10,058
Dec 31, 2018	353	166	10,175
Dec 31, 2019	361	166	10,279
Dec 31, 2020	366	167	10,354
Dec 31, 2021	372	167	10,416
Dec 31, 2022	380	167	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.

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

No separate list is published for St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.