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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	Congo - Brazzaville	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,886	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,999	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,113	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,181	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,274	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,400	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,543	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,702	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,859	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,989	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,146	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,324	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,468	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,581	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,667	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,757	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,851	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,951	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,055	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,164	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,279	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,400	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,527	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,655	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 Barbados, Congo - Brazzaville, Mali; the database as a whole is cited above.