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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	Madagascar	Congo - Kinshasa	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	15,259	51,181	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	15,707	52,782	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	16,162	54,453	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	16,631	56,170	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	17,114	57,860	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	17,610	59,599	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	18,120	61,474	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	18,641	63,479	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	19,173	65,590	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	19,717	67,800	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	20,272	70,114	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	20,837	72,550	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	21,413	75,138	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	21,999	77,792	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	22,593	80,534	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	23,196	83,368	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	23,806	86,229	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	24,423	89,193	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	25,044	92,209	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	25,671	95,232	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	26,302	98,320	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	26,936	101,499	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	27,573	104,767	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	28,237	108,171	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 Madagascar, Congo - Kinshasa, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.