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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	Seychelles	Qatar	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	78	627	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	79	659	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	80	691	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	81	724	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	82	757	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	83	850	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	84	1,001	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	85	1,153	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	86	1,306	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	87	1,460	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	87	1,615	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	88	1,770	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	89	1,904	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	90	2,010	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	91	2,103	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	92	2,187	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	92	2,261	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	93	2,326	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	94	2,384	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	95	2,435	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	96	2,480	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	97	2,519	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	98	2,553	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	98	2,559	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 Seychelles, Qatar, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.