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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Sweden	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	277	8,858	387
Dec 31, 2000	281	8,872	390
Dec 31, 2001	285	8,896	393
Dec 31, 2002	288	8,925	396
Dec 31, 2003	289	8,958	398
Dec 31, 2004	293	8,994	401
Dec 31, 2005	296	9,030	404
Dec 31, 2006	304	9,081	405
Dec 31, 2007	311	9,148	406
Dec 31, 2008	319	9,220	409
Dec 31, 2009	319	9,299	412
Dec 31, 2010	318	9,378	414
Dec 31, 2011	319	9,449	416
Dec 31, 2012	321	9,519	420
Dec 31, 2013	324	9,600	426
Dec 31, 2014	327	9,696	435
Dec 31, 2015	331	9,799	445
Dec 31, 2016	335	9,923	455
Dec 31, 2017	343	10,058	468
Dec 31, 2018	353	10,175	485
Dec 31, 2019	361	10,279	504
Dec 31, 2020	366	10,354	516
Dec 31, 2021	372	10,416	518
Dec 31, 2022	380	10,487	530

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 Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.