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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	Madagascar	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,259	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,707	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,162	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,631	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,114	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,610	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,120	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	281	18,641	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	282	19,173	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	283	19,717	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,272	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,837	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,413	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	288	21,999	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,593	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	290	23,196	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	291	23,806	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	291	24,423	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,044	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	293	25,671	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	294	26,302	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	294	26,936	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	295	27,573	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	295	28,237	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, Madagascar, Mali; the database as a whole is cited above.