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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	Lesotho
Dec 31, 1999	16,728	1,908
Dec 31, 2000	17,236	1,916
Dec 31, 2001	17,762	1,922
Dec 31, 2002	18,310	1,926
Dec 31, 2003	18,855	1,926
Dec 31, 2004	19,410	1,925
Dec 31, 2005	20,000	1,922
Dec 31, 2006	20,611	1,919
Dec 31, 2007	21,236	1,917
Dec 31, 2008	21,878	1,915
Dec 31, 2009	22,533	1,916
Dec 31, 2010	23,195	1,920
Dec 31, 2011	23,880	1,925
Dec 31, 2012	24,594	1,930
Dec 31, 2013	25,311	1,936
Dec 31, 2014	26,020	1,942
Dec 31, 2015	26,698	1,948
Dec 31, 2016	27,347	1,953
Dec 31, 2017	27,985	1,958
Dec 31, 2018	28,608	1,962
Dec 31, 2019	29,216	1,987
Dec 31, 2020	29,811	2,013
Dec 31, 2021	30,399	2,037
Dec 31, 2022	31,058	2,059

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