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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	387	138	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	390	141	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	393	144	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	396	147	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	398	151	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	401	154	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	404	158	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	405	161	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	406	165	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	409	168	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	412	172	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	414	176	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	416	180	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	420	183	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	426	187	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	435	190	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	445	194	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	455	198	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	468	201	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	485	204	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	504	208	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	516	212	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	518	216	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	530	220	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, São Tomé & Príncipe, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.