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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Sierra Leone	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,736	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,809	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,043	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,287	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,466	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,602	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	296	4,708	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	304	4,818	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	311	4,918	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	319	5,023	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	319	5,132	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	318	5,246	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	319	5,364	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	321	5,486	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	324	5,613	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	327	5,744	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	331	5,879	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	335	6,019	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	343	6,163	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	353	6,312	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	361	6,461	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	366	6,611	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	372	6,761	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	380	6,910	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 Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.