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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	Côte d’Ivoire	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	273	17,106	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,552	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	275	18,010	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,438	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,895	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,432	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	280	19,968	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,512	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,097	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,699	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,285	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	286	22,845	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,343	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	288	23,879	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	289	24,492	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	290	25,104	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	291	25,719	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	291	26,348	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	292	26,984	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	293	27,614	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	294	28,252	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	294	28,895	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	295	29,546	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	295	30,279	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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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, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali; the database as a whole is cited above.