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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	Trinidad & Tobago
Dec 31, 1999	277	16,728	1,301
Dec 31, 2000	281	17,236	1,303
Dec 31, 2001	285	17,762	1,308
Dec 31, 2002	288	18,310	1,314
Dec 31, 2003	289	18,855	1,320
Dec 31, 2004	293	19,410	1,326
Dec 31, 2005	296	20,000	1,332
Dec 31, 2006	304	20,611	1,338
Dec 31, 2007	311	21,236	1,344
Dec 31, 2008	319	21,878	1,352
Dec 31, 2009	319	22,533	1,359
Dec 31, 2010	318	23,195	1,365
Dec 31, 2011	319	23,880	1,372
Dec 31, 2012	321	24,594	1,379
Dec 31, 2013	324	25,311	1,386
Dec 31, 2014	327	26,020	1,392
Dec 31, 2015	331	26,698	1,399
Dec 31, 2016	335	27,347	1,405
Dec 31, 2017	343	27,985	1,411
Dec 31, 2018	353	28,608	1,436
Dec 31, 2019	361	29,216	1,452
Dec 31, 2020	366	29,811	1,448
Dec 31, 2021	372	30,399	1,450
Dec 31, 2022	380	31,058	1,456

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, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.