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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	Barbados	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	16,728	273	433
Dec 31, 2000	17,236	274	438
Dec 31, 2001	17,762	275	443
Dec 31, 2002	18,310	276	448
Dec 31, 2003	18,855	278	454
Dec 31, 2004	19,410	279	460
Dec 31, 2005	20,000	280	467
Dec 31, 2006	20,611	281	474
Dec 31, 2007	21,236	282	482
Dec 31, 2008	21,878	283	491
Dec 31, 2009	22,533	285	500
Dec 31, 2010	23,195	286	509
Dec 31, 2011	23,880	287	521
Dec 31, 2012	24,594	288	533
Dec 31, 2013	25,311	289	547
Dec 31, 2014	26,020	290	560
Dec 31, 2015	26,698	291	571
Dec 31, 2016	27,347	291	586
Dec 31, 2017	27,985	292	599
Dec 31, 2018	28,608	293	610
Dec 31, 2019	29,216	294	623
Dec 31, 2020	29,811	294	633
Dec 31, 2021	30,399	295	643
Dec 31, 2022	31,058	295	651

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, Barbados, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.