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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	Barbados	Malta	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	31,058

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

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