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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	Guinea
Dec 31, 1999	387	16,728	7,610
Dec 31, 2000	390	17,236	7,780
Dec 31, 2001	393	17,762	7,821
Dec 31, 2002	396	18,310	7,906
Dec 31, 2003	398	18,855	8,121
Dec 31, 2004	401	19,410	8,317
Dec 31, 2005	404	20,000	8,478
Dec 31, 2006	405	20,611	8,650
Dec 31, 2007	406	21,236	8,860
Dec 31, 2008	409	21,878	9,091
Dec 31, 2009	412	22,533	9,327
Dec 31, 2010	414	23,195	9,571
Dec 31, 2011	416	23,880	9,825
Dec 31, 2012	420	24,594	10,084
Dec 31, 2013	426	25,311	10,351
Dec 31, 2014	435	26,020	10,632
Dec 31, 2015	445	26,698	10,924
Dec 31, 2016	455	27,347	11,225
Dec 31, 2017	468	27,985	11,534
Dec 31, 2018	485	28,608	11,855
Dec 31, 2019	504	29,216	12,160
Dec 31, 2020	516	29,811	12,469
Dec 31, 2021	518	30,399	12,778
Dec 31, 2022	530	31,058	13,087

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