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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	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	387	16,728	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	390	17,236	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	393	17,762	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	396	18,310	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	398	18,855	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	401	19,410	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	404	20,000	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	405	20,611	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	406	21,236	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	409	21,878	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	412	22,533	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	414	23,195	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	416	23,880	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	420	24,594	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	426	25,311	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	435	26,020	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	445	26,698	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	455	27,347	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	468	27,985	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	485	28,608	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	504	29,216	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	516	29,811	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	518	30,399	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	530	31,058	31,845

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