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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Morocco	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	277	28,400	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	281	28,744	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	285	29,094	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	288	29,447	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	289	29,806	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	293	30,169	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	296	30,552	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	304	30,953	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	311	31,354	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	319	31,754	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	319	32,154	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	318	32,553	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	319	32,951	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	321	33,346	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	324	33,737	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	327	34,124	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	331	34,511	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	335	34,898	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	343	35,279	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	353	35,653	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	361	36,018	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	366	36,375	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	372	36,723	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	380	37,101	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.

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 Morocco; the database as a whole is cited above.