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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	Cameroon	Yemen	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	15,483	16,728	387
Dec 31, 2000	15,913	17,236	390
Dec 31, 2001	16,354	17,762	393
Dec 31, 2002	16,815	18,310	396
Dec 31, 2003	17,289	18,855	398
Dec 31, 2004	17,764	19,410	401
Dec 31, 2005	18,249	20,000	404
Dec 31, 2006	18,746	20,611	405
Dec 31, 2007	19,278	21,236	406
Dec 31, 2008	19,843	21,878	409
Dec 31, 2009	20,419	22,533	412
Dec 31, 2010	21,002	23,195	414
Dec 31, 2011	21,586	23,880	416
Dec 31, 2012	22,181	24,594	420
Dec 31, 2013	22,800	25,311	426
Dec 31, 2014	23,513	26,020	435
Dec 31, 2015	24,273	26,698	445
Dec 31, 2016	24,995	27,347	455
Dec 31, 2017	25,680	27,985	468
Dec 31, 2018	26,373	28,608	485
Dec 31, 2019	27,114	29,216	504
Dec 31, 2020	27,878	29,811	516
Dec 31, 2021	28,663	30,399	518
Dec 31, 2022	29,417	31,058	530

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 Cameroon, Yemen, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.