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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	Ireland	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,757	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,807	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,866	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,934	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,000	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,070	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,163	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,273	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,403	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,499	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,542	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,563	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,581	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,600	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,623	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,655	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,699	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,752	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,805	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	293	4,864	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	294	4,930	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	294	4,983	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,022	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,118	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

Ireland

1820, 1870, 1913: MPD 2013, Bolt and Van Zanden, 2014, The Maddison Project: collaborative research on historical national accounts. The Economic History Review, 67(3), 627–651
1913-1926: P. Deane (1968), and Feinstein, 1972
1926-1950: K.A. Kennedy, Productivity and Industrial Growth: The Irish Experience, Oxford University Press, 1971, p. 3.

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