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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	16,728	138	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	17,236	141	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	17,762	144	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	18,310	147	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	18,855	151	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	19,410	154	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	20,000	158	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	20,611	161	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	21,236	165	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	21,878	168	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	22,533	172	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	23,195	176	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	23,880	180	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	24,594	183	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	25,311	187	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	26,020	190	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	26,698	194	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	27,347	198	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	27,985	201	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	28,608	204	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	29,216	208	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	29,811	212	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	30,399	216	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	31,058	220	2,787

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, São Tomé & Príncipe, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.