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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	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	387	16,728	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	390	17,236	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	393	17,762	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	396	18,310	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	398	18,855	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	401	19,410	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	404	20,000	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	405	20,611	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	406	21,236	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	409	21,878	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	412	22,533	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	414	23,195	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	416	23,880	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	420	24,594	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	426	25,311	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	435	26,020	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	445	26,698	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	455	27,347	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	468	27,985	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	485	28,608	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	504	29,216	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	516	29,811	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	518	30,399	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	530	31,058	7,432

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