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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Sweden	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	277	8,858	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	281	8,872	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	285	8,896	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	288	8,925	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	289	8,958	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	293	8,994	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	296	9,030	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	304	9,081	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	311	9,148	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	319	9,220	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	319	9,299	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	318	9,378	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	319	9,449	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	321	9,519	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	324	9,600	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	327	9,696	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	331	9,799	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	335	9,923	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	343	10,058	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	353	10,175	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	361	10,279	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	366	10,354	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	372	10,416	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	380	10,487	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.

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

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)