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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	Croatia	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,377	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,334	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,171	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,176	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,176	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,179	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,182	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,183	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,183	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,181	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,177	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,167	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,154	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,141	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,126	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,109	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,081	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,047	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,006	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,968	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,945	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,925	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,839	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,790	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.

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

Croatia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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