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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	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	387	16,728	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	390	17,236	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	393	17,762	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	396	18,310	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	398	18,855	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	401	19,410	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	404	20,000	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	405	20,611	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	406	21,236	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	409	21,878	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	412	22,533	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	414	23,195	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	416	23,880	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	420	24,594	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	426	25,311	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	435	26,020	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	445	26,698	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	455	27,347	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	468	27,985	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	485	28,608	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	504	29,216	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	516	29,811	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	518	30,399	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	530	31,058	3,228

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, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.