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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	Malta	Mali	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	10,596	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	10,833	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	10,890	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	11,007	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	11,307	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	11,579	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	11,804	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	12,043	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	12,337	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	12,657	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	12,986	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	13,325	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	13,679	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	14,040	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	14,412	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	14,803	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	15,210	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	15,629	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	16,060	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	16,507	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	16,967	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	17,442	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	17,930	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	18,494	46,498

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

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