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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Mexico	Morocco
Dec 31, 1999	277	97,242	28,400
Dec 31, 2000	281	98,403	28,744
Dec 31, 2001	285	99,599	29,094
Dec 31, 2002	288	100,863	29,447
Dec 31, 2003	289	102,132	29,806
Dec 31, 2004	293	103,334	30,169
Dec 31, 2005	296	104,508	30,552
Dec 31, 2006	304	105,738	30,953
Dec 31, 2007	311	107,083	31,354
Dec 31, 2008	319	108,554	31,754
Dec 31, 2009	319	110,061	32,154
Dec 31, 2010	318	111,468	32,553
Dec 31, 2011	319	112,826	32,951
Dec 31, 2012	321	114,163	33,346
Dec 31, 2013	324	115,471	33,737
Dec 31, 2014	327	116,757	34,124
Dec 31, 2015	331	118,017	34,511
Dec 31, 2016	335	117,444	34,898
Dec 31, 2017	343	118,799	35,279
Dec 31, 2018	353	120,289	35,653
Dec 31, 2019	361	121,872	36,018
Dec 31, 2020	366	123,260	36,375
Dec 31, 2021	372	124,462	36,723
Dec 31, 2022	380	125,247	37,101

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.

Mexico

1550–1812: Arroyo Abad, L. and J.L. van Zanden (2016), “Growth under Extractive Institutions? Latin American Per Capita GDP in Colonial Times” Journal of Economic History 76(4): 1182–1215.
1812–1870: Prados de la Escosura, L., (2009), ‘Lost decades? Economic performance in post-independence Latin America’, Journal of Latin America Studies, 41, pp. 279–307. (updated data)
1870-1895: Bértola, L., & Ocampo, J. A. (2012). The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford University Press, Table A.2
1895–2003: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350

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