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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	Vietnam
Dec 31, 1999	277	16,728	78,394
Dec 31, 2000	281	17,236	79,472
Dec 31, 2001	285	17,762	80,546
Dec 31, 2002	288	18,310	81,637
Dec 31, 2003	289	18,855	82,720
Dec 31, 2004	293	19,410	83,821
Dec 31, 2005	296	20,000	84,942
Dec 31, 2006	304	20,611	86,036
Dec 31, 2007	311	21,236	87,136
Dec 31, 2008	319	21,878	88,253
Dec 31, 2009	319	22,533	89,373
Dec 31, 2010	318	23,195	90,481
Dec 31, 2011	319	23,880	91,591
Dec 31, 2012	321	24,594	92,720
Dec 31, 2013	324	25,311	93,883
Dec 31, 2014	327	26,020	95,055
Dec 31, 2015	331	26,698	96,222
Dec 31, 2016	335	27,347	97,380
Dec 31, 2017	343	27,985	98,507
Dec 31, 2018	353	28,608	99,604
Dec 31, 2019	361	29,216	100,695
Dec 31, 2020	366	29,811	101,771
Dec 31, 2021	372	30,399	102,815
Dec 31, 2022	380	31,058	103,574

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, Vietnam; the database as a whole is cited above.