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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Yemen	Jamaica
Dec 31, 1999	277	16,728	2,643
Dec 31, 2000	281	17,236	2,670
Dec 31, 2001	285	17,762	2,694
Dec 31, 2002	288	18,310	2,707
Dec 31, 2003	289	18,855	2,709
Dec 31, 2004	293	19,410	2,711
Dec 31, 2005	296	20,000	2,711
Dec 31, 2006	304	20,611	2,710
Dec 31, 2007	311	21,236	2,708
Dec 31, 2008	319	21,878	2,705
Dec 31, 2009	319	22,533	2,702
Dec 31, 2010	318	23,195	2,697
Dec 31, 2011	319	23,880	2,692
Dec 31, 2012	321	24,594	2,686
Dec 31, 2013	324	25,311	2,682
Dec 31, 2014	327	26,020	2,678
Dec 31, 2015	331	26,698	2,675
Dec 31, 2016	335	27,347	2,674
Dec 31, 2017	343	27,985	2,673
Dec 31, 2018	353	28,608	2,673
Dec 31, 2019	361	29,216	2,674
Dec 31, 2020	366	29,811	2,675
Dec 31, 2021	372	30,399	2,676
Dec 31, 2022	380	31,058	2,676

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.

All data sources

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.

Jamaica

1850 - 1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)

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