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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	Hong Kong SAR China	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	387	6,587	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	390	6,646	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	393	6,695	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	396	6,725	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	398	6,712	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	401	6,765	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	404	6,794	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	405	6,838	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	406	6,897	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	409	6,938	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	412	6,953	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	414	7,004	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	416	7,052	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	420	7,130	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	426	7,159	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	435	7,209	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	445	7,271	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	455	7,316	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	468	7,372	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	485	7,432	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	504	7,487	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	516	7,460	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	518	7,392	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	530	7,387	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, Hong Kong SAR China, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.