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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	Laos	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	16,728	5,286	387
Dec 31, 2000	17,236	5,397	390
Dec 31, 2001	17,762	5,499	393
Dec 31, 2002	18,310	5,578	396
Dec 31, 2003	18,855	5,654	398
Dec 31, 2004	19,410	5,746	401
Dec 31, 2005	20,000	5,836	404
Dec 31, 2006	20,611	5,931	405
Dec 31, 2007	21,236	6,035	406
Dec 31, 2008	21,878	6,145	409
Dec 31, 2009	22,533	6,257	412
Dec 31, 2010	23,195	6,368	414
Dec 31, 2011	23,880	6,477	416
Dec 31, 2012	24,594	6,586	420
Dec 31, 2013	25,311	6,695	426
Dec 31, 2014	26,020	6,804	435
Dec 31, 2015	26,698	6,912	445
Dec 31, 2016	27,347	7,019	455
Dec 31, 2017	27,985	7,127	468
Dec 31, 2018	28,608	7,234	485
Dec 31, 2019	29,216	7,343	504
Dec 31, 2020	29,811	7,452	516
Dec 31, 2021	30,399	7,560	518
Dec 31, 2022	31,058	7,666	530

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, Laos, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.