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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Senegal	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	277	10,070	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	281	10,305	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	285	10,576	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	288	10,864	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	289	11,172	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	293	11,498	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	296	11,839	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	304	12,204	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	311	12,584	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	319	12,978	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	319	13,382	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	318	13,794	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	319	14,226	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	321	14,668	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	324	15,121	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	327	15,589	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	331	16,066	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	335	16,549	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	343	17,044	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	353	17,535	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	361	18,021	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	366	18,518	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	372	19,016	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	380	19,512	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 Senegal; the database as a whole is cited above.