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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	Djibouti	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	277	646	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	281	669	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	285	693	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	288	716	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	289	691	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	293	657	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	296	666	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	304	679	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	311	694	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	319	709	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	319	725	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	318	741	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	319	757	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	321	774	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	324	792	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	327	810	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	331	828	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	335	847	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	343	865	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	353	884	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	361	898	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	366	912	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	372	924	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	380	937	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 Djibouti, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.