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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date MaliBarbadosCongo - Kinshasa
10,59627351,181
10,83327452,782
10,89027554,453
11,00727656,170
11,30727857,860
11,57927959,599
11,80428061,474
12,04328163,479
12,33728265,590
12,65728367,800
12,98628570,114
13,32528672,550
13,67928775,138
14,04028877,792
14,41228980,534
14,80329083,368
15,21029186,229
15,62929189,193
16,06029292,209
16,50729395,232
16,96729498,320
17,442294101,499
17,930295104,767
18,494295108,171

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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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 Mali, Barbados, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.