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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	Dominica	Yemen	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	70	16,728	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	71	17,236	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	71	17,762	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	72	18,310	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	72	18,855	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	72	19,410	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	72	20,000	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	72	20,611	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	72	21,236	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	73	21,878	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	73	22,533	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	73	23,195	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	73	23,880	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	73	24,594	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	73	25,311	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	73	26,020	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	74	26,698	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	74	27,347	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	74	27,985	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	74	28,608	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	75	29,216	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	75	29,811	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	76	30,399	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	76	31,058	6,910

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 Dominica, Yemen, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.