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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	Norway	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,463	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,492	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,515	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,539	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,566	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,593	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,624	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,662	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,710	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,769	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,830	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,890	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,954	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,020	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,081	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,138	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,191	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,237	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,278	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,313	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,349	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,380	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,409	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,458	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

Norway

1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

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