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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Côte d’Ivoire	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	277	17,106	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	281	17,552	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	285	18,010	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	288	18,438	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	289	18,895	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	293	19,432	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	296	19,968	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	304	20,512	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	311	21,097	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	319	21,699	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	319	22,285	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	318	22,845	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	319	23,343	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	321	23,879	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	324	24,492	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	327	25,104	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	331	25,719	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	335	26,348	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	343	26,984	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	353	27,614	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	361	28,252	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	366	28,895	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	372	29,546	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	380	30,279	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 Côte d’Ivoire, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.