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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	Puerto Rico	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	387	3,800	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	390	3,811	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	393	3,819	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	396	3,824	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	398	3,826	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	401	3,827	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	404	3,822	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	405	3,805	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	406	3,783	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	409	3,761	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	412	3,741	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	414	3,722	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	416	3,679	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	420	3,636	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	426	3,589	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	435	3,534	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	445	3,473	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	455	3,411	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	468	3,352	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	485	3,295	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	504	3,268	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	516	3,247	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	518	3,232	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	530	3,228	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, Puerto Rico, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.