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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	North Korea	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	277	22,594	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	281	22,785	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	285	22,977	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	288	23,165	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	289	23,330	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	293	23,477	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	296	23,621	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	304	23,764	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	311	23,908	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	319	24,051	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	319	24,191	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	318	24,326	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	319	24,457	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	321	24,589	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	324	24,720	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	327	24,852	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	331	24,983	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	335	25,115	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	343	25,248	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	353	25,381	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	361	25,497	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	366	25,608	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	372	25,711	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	380	25,808	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.

North Korea

1911-1940: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.
1990-2011: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.

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