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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 YemenPuerto Rico
16,7283,800
17,2363,811
17,7623,819
18,3103,824
18,8553,826
19,4103,827
20,0003,822
20,6113,805
21,2363,783
21,8783,761
22,5333,741
23,1953,722
23,8803,679
24,5943,636
25,3113,589
26,0203,534
26,6983,473
27,3473,411
27,9853,352
28,6083,295
29,2163,268
29,8113,247
30,3993,232
31,0583,228

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, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.