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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Kenya	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	277	30,192	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	281	31,025	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	285	31,919	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	288	32,865	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	289	33,846	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	293	34,880	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	296	35,961	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	304	37,093	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	311	38,248	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	319	39,441	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	319	40,668	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	318	41,900	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	319	43,198	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	321	44,470	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	324	45,639	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	327	46,808	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	331	47,983	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	335	49,095	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	343	50,201	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	353	51,357	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	361	52,522	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	366	53,691	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	372	54,867	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	380	55,924	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.

Kenya

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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