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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	Bolivia	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,007	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,177	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,351	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,529	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,711	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,895	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,081	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,268	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	282	9,457	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	283	9,647	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	285	9,836	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,024	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	287	10,211	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	288	10,397	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,581	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,763	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,942	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,118	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,289	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,456	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,621	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,775	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,917	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	295	12,060	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

Bolivia

1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

No separate list is published for Barbados, Mali; the database as a whole is cited above.