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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	Lesotho
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	273	1,908
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	274	1,916
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	275	1,922
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	276	1,926
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	278	1,926
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	279	1,925
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	280	1,922
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	281	1,919
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	282	1,917
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	283	1,915
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	285	1,916
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	286	1,920
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	287	1,925
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	288	1,930
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	289	1,936
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	290	1,942
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	291	1,948
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	291	1,953
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	292	1,958
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	293	1,962
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	294	1,987
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	294	2,013
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	295	2,037
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	295	2,059

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, Lesotho; the database as a whole is cited above.