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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Yemen	Myanmar (Burma)
Dec 31, 1999	277	16,728	45,018
Dec 31, 2000	281	17,236	45,616
Dec 31, 2001	285	17,762	46,171
Dec 31, 2002	288	18,310	46,690
Dec 31, 2003	289	18,855	47,201
Dec 31, 2004	293	19,410	47,699
Dec 31, 2005	296	20,000	48,196
Dec 31, 2006	304	20,611	48,674
Dec 31, 2007	311	21,236	49,151
Dec 31, 2008	319	21,878	49,505
Dec 31, 2009	319	22,533	49,896
Dec 31, 2010	318	23,195	50,285
Dec 31, 2011	319	23,880	50,813
Dec 31, 2012	321	24,594	51,369
Dec 31, 2013	324	25,311	51,878
Dec 31, 2014	327	26,020	52,374
Dec 31, 2015	331	26,698	52,900
Dec 31, 2016	335	27,347	53,416
Dec 31, 2017	343	27,985	53,914
Dec 31, 2018	353	28,608	54,403
Dec 31, 2019	361	29,216	54,884
Dec 31, 2020	366	29,811	55,355
Dec 31, 2021	372	30,399	55,815
Dec 31, 2022	380	31,058	56,210

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.

Myanmar (Burma)

1901-1938: "Trends of Economic Growth and Income Distribution in Burma 1870-1940", Journal of the Burma Research Society, 1964, p. 144
1938-1950: E.E. Hagen, On the Theory of Social Change, Dorsey, Homewood, Illinois, 1962, Table 18-1,

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