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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Nigeria	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	277	121,649	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	281	125,014	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	285	128,513	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	288	132,165	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	289	135,971	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	293	139,900	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	296	143,914	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	304	148,019	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	311	152,195	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	319	156,434	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	319	160,751	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	318	165,142	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	319	169,607	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	321	174,142	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	324	178,737	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	327	183,362	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	331	187,979	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	335	192,594	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	343	197,417	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	353	202,498	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	361	207,699	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	366	213,021	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	372	218,473	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	380	223,735	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.

Nigeria

1885-1950: 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 Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.