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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Afghanistan	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	277	22,206	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	281	22,461	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	285	22,507	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	288	23,600	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	289	25,005	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	293	25,698	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	296	26,335	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	304	27,154	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	311	27,387	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	319	27,706	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	319	28,484	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	318	29,121	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	319	29,758	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	321	30,420	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	324	31,108	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	327	31,823	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	331	32,564	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	335	33,332	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	343	34,125	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	353	34,941	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	361	35,972	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	366	37,034	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	372	38,127	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	380	39,252	31,058

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.

No separate list is published for Afghanistan, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.