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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	Afghanistan	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	18,494

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 Afghanistan, Mali; the database as a whole is cited above.