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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 YemenSudan
16,72826,168
17,23626,771
17,76227,387
18,31028,017
18,85528,662
19,41029,321
20,00029,996
20,61130,686
21,23631,393
21,87832,137
22,53333,078
23,19533,891
23,88034,568
24,59435,293
25,31136,093
26,02037,058
26,69838,165
27,34739,294
27,98540,512
28,60841,764
29,21642,952
29,81144,121
30,39945,290
31,05846,498

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