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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Burkina Faso	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	273	138	11,075	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	274	141	11,405	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	275	144	11,828	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	276	147	12,380	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	278	151	12,829	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	279	154	13,178	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	280	158	13,540	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	281	161	13,917	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	282	165	14,309	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	283	168	14,722	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	285	172	15,152	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	286	176	15,600	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	287	180	16,064	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	288	183	16,563	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	289	187	17,072	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	290	190	17,575	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	291	194	18,094	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	291	198	18,621	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	292	201	19,157	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	293	204	19,698	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	294	208	20,242	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	294	212	20,788	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	295	216	21,336	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	295	220	21,889	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

No separate list is published for Barbados, São Tomé & Príncipe, Burkina Faso, Mali; the database as a whole is cited above.