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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	Puerto Rico	São Tomé & Príncipe	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	3,800	138	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	3,811	141	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	3,819	144	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	3,824	147	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	3,826	151	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	3,827	154	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	3,822	158	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	3,805	161	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	3,783	165	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	3,761	168	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	3,741	172	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	3,722	176	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	3,679	180	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	3,636	183	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	3,589	187	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	3,534	190	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	3,473	194	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	3,411	198	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	3,352	201	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	3,295	204	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	3,268	208	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	3,247	212	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	3,232	216	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	3,228	220	31,058

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 Puerto Rico, São Tomé & Príncipe, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.