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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date EthiopiaYemen
63,57516,728
65,21317,236
66,88917,762
68,64918,310
70,49118,855
72,38919,410
74,32720,000
76,32620,611
78,41121,236
80,56421,878
82,78722,533
85,09623,195
87,53023,880
90,06624,594
92,63225,311
95,33726,020
98,11426,698
100,85827,347
103,65427,985
106,46628,608
109,26729,216
112,10029,811
114,96430,399
117,92431,058

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