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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	Luxembourg	Yemen	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	433	16,728	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	438	17,236	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	443	17,762	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	448	18,310	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	454	18,855	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	460	19,410	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	467	20,000	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	474	20,611	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	482	21,236	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	491	21,878	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	500	22,533	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	509	23,195	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	521	23,880	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	533	24,594	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	547	25,311	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	560	26,020	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	571	26,698	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	586	27,347	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	599	27,985	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	610	28,608	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	623	29,216	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	633	29,811	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	643	30,399	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	651	31,058	2,048

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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Luxembourg, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.