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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	Belarus
Dec 31, 1999	16,728	10,064
Dec 31, 2000	17,236	10,034
Dec 31, 2001	17,762	10,000
Dec 31, 2002	18,310	9,955
Dec 31, 2003	18,855	9,905
Dec 31, 2004	19,410	9,856
Dec 31, 2005	20,000	9,807
Dec 31, 2006	20,611	9,764
Dec 31, 2007	21,236	9,734
Dec 31, 2008	21,878	9,713
Dec 31, 2009	22,533	9,697
Dec 31, 2010	23,195	9,681
Dec 31, 2011	23,880	9,662
Dec 31, 2012	24,594	9,643
Dec 31, 2013	25,311	9,624
Dec 31, 2014	26,020	9,605
Dec 31, 2015	26,698	9,585
Dec 31, 2016	27,347	9,564
Dec 31, 2017	27,985	9,542
Dec 31, 2018	28,608	9,519
Dec 31, 2019	29,216	9,495
Dec 31, 2020	29,811	9,469
Dec 31, 2021	30,399	9,442
Dec 31, 2022	31,058	9,400

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