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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	Myanmar (Burma)	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	277	45,018	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	281	45,616	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	285	46,171	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	288	46,690	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	289	47,201	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	293	47,699	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	296	48,196	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	304	48,674	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	311	49,151	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	319	49,505	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	319	49,896	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	318	50,285	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	319	50,813	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	321	51,369	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	324	51,878	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	327	52,374	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	331	52,900	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	335	53,416	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	343	53,914	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	353	54,403	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	361	54,884	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	366	55,355	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	372	55,815	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	380	56,210	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.

Myanmar (Burma)

1901-1938: "Trends of Economic Growth and Income Distribution in Burma 1870-1940", Journal of the Burma Research Society, 1964, p. 144
1938-1950: E.E. Hagen, On the Theory of Social Change, Dorsey, Homewood, Illinois, 1962, Table 18-1,

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