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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	Yemen	Dominican Republic
Dec 31, 1999	277	16,728	8,175
Dec 31, 2000	281	17,236	8,301
Dec 31, 2001	285	17,762	8,427
Dec 31, 2002	288	18,310	8,553
Dec 31, 2003	289	18,855	8,678
Dec 31, 2004	293	19,410	8,801
Dec 31, 2005	296	20,000	8,924
Dec 31, 2006	304	20,611	9,044
Dec 31, 2007	311	21,236	9,164
Dec 31, 2008	319	21,878	9,281
Dec 31, 2009	319	22,533	9,398
Dec 31, 2010	318	23,195	9,512
Dec 31, 2011	319	23,880	9,627
Dec 31, 2012	321	24,594	9,742
Dec 31, 2013	324	25,311	9,855
Dec 31, 2014	327	26,020	9,965
Dec 31, 2015	331	26,698	10,072
Dec 31, 2016	335	27,347	10,177
Dec 31, 2017	343	27,985	10,281
Dec 31, 2018	353	28,608	10,385
Dec 31, 2019	361	29,216	10,487
Dec 31, 2020	366	29,811	10,587
Dec 31, 2021	372	30,399	10,686
Dec 31, 2022	380	31,058	10,793

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 Yemen, Dominican Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.