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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date MaltaYemen
38716,728
39017,236
39317,762
39618,310
39818,855
40119,410
40420,000
40520,611
40621,236
40921,878
41222,533
41423,195
41623,880
42024,594
42625,311
43526,020
44526,698
45527,347
46827,985
48528,608
50429,216
51629,811
51830,399
53031,058

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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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, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.