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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	Mali	Kuwait
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,596	1,926
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,833	1,982
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,890	2,038
Dec 31, 2002	276	11,007	2,094
Dec 31, 2003	278	11,307	2,151
Dec 31, 2004	279	11,579	2,208
Dec 31, 2005	280	11,804	2,268
Dec 31, 2006	281	12,043	2,329
Dec 31, 2007	282	12,337	2,388
Dec 31, 2008	283	12,657	2,446
Dec 31, 2009	285	12,986	2,502
Dec 31, 2010	286	13,325	2,556
Dec 31, 2011	287	13,679	2,609
Dec 31, 2012	288	14,040	2,660
Dec 31, 2013	289	14,412	2,710
Dec 31, 2014	290	14,803	2,757
Dec 31, 2015	291	15,210	2,804
Dec 31, 2016	291	15,629	2,848
Dec 31, 2017	292	16,060	2,891
Dec 31, 2018	293	16,507	2,933
Dec 31, 2019	294	16,967	2,972
Dec 31, 2020	294	17,442	3,011
Dec 31, 2021	295	17,930	3,048
Dec 31, 2022	295	18,494	3,061

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, Mali, Kuwait; the database as a whole is cited above.