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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	Cape Verde	Paraguay	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	422	5,366	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	430	5,473	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	438	5,579	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	447	5,683	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	455	5,786	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	463	5,886	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	471	5,984	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	478	6,080	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	486	6,173	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	494	6,264	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	501	6,352	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	509	6,438	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	516	6,522	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	524	6,605	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	531	6,688	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	539	6,769	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	546	6,850	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	553	6,930	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	562	7,012	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	568	7,095	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	574	7,179	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	580	7,263	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	585	7,348	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	590	7,432	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 Cape Verde, Paraguay, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.