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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Yemen	Kenya
Dec 31, 1999	277	16,728	30,192
Dec 31, 2000	281	17,236	31,025
Dec 31, 2001	285	17,762	31,919
Dec 31, 2002	288	18,310	32,865
Dec 31, 2003	289	18,855	33,846
Dec 31, 2004	293	19,410	34,880
Dec 31, 2005	296	20,000	35,961
Dec 31, 2006	304	20,611	37,093
Dec 31, 2007	311	21,236	38,248
Dec 31, 2008	319	21,878	39,441
Dec 31, 2009	319	22,533	40,668
Dec 31, 2010	318	23,195	41,900
Dec 31, 2011	319	23,880	43,198
Dec 31, 2012	321	24,594	44,470
Dec 31, 2013	324	25,311	45,639
Dec 31, 2014	327	26,020	46,808
Dec 31, 2015	331	26,698	47,983
Dec 31, 2016	335	27,347	49,095
Dec 31, 2017	343	27,985	50,201
Dec 31, 2018	353	28,608	51,357
Dec 31, 2019	361	29,216	52,522
Dec 31, 2020	366	29,811	53,691
Dec 31, 2021	372	30,399	54,867
Dec 31, 2022	380	31,058	55,924

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.

Kenya

1904-1950: 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.