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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Bolivia	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	277	8,007	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	281	8,177	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	285	8,351	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	288	8,529	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	289	8,711	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	293	8,895	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	296	9,081	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	304	9,268	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	311	9,457	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	319	9,647	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	319	9,836	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	318	10,024	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	319	10,211	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	321	10,397	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	324	10,581	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	327	10,763	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	331	10,942	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	335	11,118	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	343	11,289	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	353	11,456	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	361	11,621	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	366	11,775	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	372	11,917	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	380	12,060	10,099

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.

Bolivia

1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

No separate list is published for United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.