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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	Sudan	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	422	26,168	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	430	26,771	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	438	27,387	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	447	28,017	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	455	28,662	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	463	29,321	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	471	29,996	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	478	30,686	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	486	31,393	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	494	32,137	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	501	33,078	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	509	33,891	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	516	34,568	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	524	35,293	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	531	36,093	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	539	37,058	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	546	38,165	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	553	39,294	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	562	40,512	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	568	41,764	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	574	42,952	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	580	44,121	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	585	45,290	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	590	46,498	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, Sudan, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.