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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	Yemen	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	387	16,728	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	390	17,236	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	393	17,762	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	396	18,310	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	398	18,855	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	401	19,410	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	404	20,000	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	405	20,611	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	406	21,236	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	409	21,878	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	412	22,533	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	414	23,195	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	416	23,880	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	420	24,594	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	426	25,311	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	435	26,020	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	445	26,698	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	455	27,347	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	468	27,985	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	485	28,608	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	504	29,216	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	516	29,811	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	518	30,399	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	530	31,058	29,417

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