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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	United States	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	277	279,040	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	281	282,162	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	285	284,969	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	288	287,625	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	289	290,108	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	293	292,805	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	296	295,517	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	304	298,380	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	311	301,231	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	319	304,094	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	319	306,772	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	318	309,327	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	319	311,583	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	321	313,878	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	324	316,060	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	327	318,386	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	331	320,739	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	335	323,072	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	343	325,122	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	353	326,838	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	361	328,330	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	366	331,512	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	372	332,032	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	380	333,288	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.

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

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)