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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	Malta	Cameroon	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	387	15,483	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	390	15,913	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	393	16,354	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	396	16,815	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	398	17,289	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	401	17,764	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	404	18,249	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	405	18,746	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	406	19,278	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	409	19,843	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	412	20,419	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	414	21,002	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	416	21,586	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	420	22,181	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	426	22,800	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	435	23,513	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	445	24,273	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	455	24,995	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	468	25,680	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	485	26,373	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	504	27,114	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	516	27,878	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	518	28,663	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	530	29,417	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 Malta, Cameroon, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.