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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	Latvia	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,386	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,363	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,333	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,306	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,284	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	293	2,259	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,235	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,215	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,197	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,174	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,138	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,093	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,055	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,030	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,009	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	327	1,991	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	331	1,974	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	335	1,956	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	343	1,938	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	353	1,923	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	361	1,910	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	366	1,897	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	372	1,880	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	380	1,883	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 Latvia, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.