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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date YemenLuxembourgBarbados
16,728433273
17,236438274
17,762443275
18,310448276
18,855454278
19,410460279
20,000467280
20,611474281
21,236482282
21,878491283
22,533500285
23,195509286
23,880521287
24,594533288
25,311547289
26,020560290
26,698571291
27,347586291
27,985599292
28,608610293
29,216623294
29,811633294
30,399643295
31,058651295

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