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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 YemenParaguay
16,7285,366
17,2365,473
17,7625,579
18,3105,683
18,8555,786
19,4105,886
20,0005,984
20,6116,080
21,2366,173
21,8786,264
22,5336,352
23,1956,438
23,8806,522
24,5946,605
25,3116,688
26,0206,769
26,6986,850
27,3476,930
27,9857,012
28,6087,095
29,2167,179
29,8117,263
30,3997,348
31,0587,432

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