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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Spain	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	277	40,378	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	281	40,563	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	285	40,775	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	288	41,433	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	289	42,205	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	293	42,869	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	296	43,672	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	304	44,370	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	311	45,246	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	319	45,993	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	319	46,378	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	318	46,573	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	319	46,746	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	321	46,777	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	324	46,603	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	327	46,465	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	331	46,420	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	335	46,460	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	343	46,543	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	353	46,739	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	361	47,116	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	366	47,366	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	372	47,342	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	380	47,625	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.

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)

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