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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	Barbados	Burkina Faso	Mali	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	10,596	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	10,833	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	10,890	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	11,007	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	11,307	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	11,579	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	11,804	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	12,043	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	12,337	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	12,657	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	12,986	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	13,325	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	13,679	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	14,040	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	14,412	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	14,803	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	15,210	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	15,629	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	16,060	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	16,507	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	16,967	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	17,442	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	17,930	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	18,494	220

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.

All data sources

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 Barbados, Burkina Faso, Mali, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.