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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	Yemen	Albania	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	16,728	3,085	152
Dec 31, 2000	17,236	3,065	153
Dec 31, 2001	17,762	3,047	154
Dec 31, 2002	18,310	3,038	155
Dec 31, 2003	18,855	3,026	156
Dec 31, 2004	19,410	3,014	157
Dec 31, 2005	20,000	2,998	157
Dec 31, 2006	20,611	2,979	158
Dec 31, 2007	21,236	2,957	159
Dec 31, 2008	21,878	2,934	160
Dec 31, 2009	22,533	2,915	160
Dec 31, 2010	23,195	2,900	161
Dec 31, 2011	23,880	2,892	162
Dec 31, 2012	24,594	2,888	162
Dec 31, 2013	25,311	2,882	163
Dec 31, 2014	26,020	2,876	163
Dec 31, 2015	26,698	2,868	164
Dec 31, 2016	27,347	2,863	164
Dec 31, 2017	27,985	2,861	165
Dec 31, 2018	28,608	2,854	166
Dec 31, 2019	29,216	2,842	166
Dec 31, 2020	29,811	2,825	167
Dec 31, 2021	30,399	2,799	167
Dec 31, 2022	31,058	2,787	167

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 Yemen, Albania, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.