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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Ethiopia	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	277	63,575	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	281	65,213	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	285	66,889	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	288	68,649	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	289	70,491	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	293	72,389	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	296	74,327	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	304	76,326	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	311	78,411	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	319	80,564	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	319	82,787	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	318	85,096	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	319	87,530	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	321	90,066	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	324	92,632	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	327	95,337	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	331	98,114	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	335	100,858	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	343	103,654	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	353	106,466	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	361	109,267	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	366	112,100	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	372	114,964	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	380	117,924	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.

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