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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IcelandYemenChile
27716,72815,140
28117,23615,340
28517,76215,513
28818,31015,686
28918,85515,859
29319,41016,029
29620,00016,222
30420,61116,364
31121,23616,536
31921,87816,700
31922,53316,864
31823,19516,999
31923,88017,189
32124,59417,378
32425,31117,545
32726,02017,720
33126,69817,904
33527,34718,099
34327,98518,350
35328,60818,681
36129,21619,035
36629,81119,385
37230,39919,604
38031,05819,715

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.

Chile

  • 1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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