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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	Mali	Barbados	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	273	422
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	274	430
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	275	438
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	276	447
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	278	455
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	279	463
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	280	471
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	281	478
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	282	486
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	283	494
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	285	501
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	286	509
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	287	516
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	288	524
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	289	531
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	290	539
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	291	546
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	291	553
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	292	562
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	293	568
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	294	574
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	294	580
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	295	585
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	295	590

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 Mali, Barbados, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.