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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Sweden	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	277	8,858	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	281	8,872	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	285	8,896	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	288	8,925	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	289	8,958	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	293	8,994	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	296	9,030	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	304	9,081	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	311	9,148	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	319	9,220	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	319	9,299	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	318	9,378	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	319	9,449	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	321	9,519	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	324	9,600	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	327	9,696	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	331	9,799	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	335	9,923	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	343	10,058	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	353	10,175	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	361	10,279	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	366	10,354	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	372	10,416	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	380	10,487	39,252

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 Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.