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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	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	273	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	274	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	275	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	276	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	278	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	279	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	280	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	281	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	282	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	283	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	285	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	286	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	287	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	288	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	289	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	290	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	291	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	291	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	292	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	293	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	294	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	294	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	295	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	295	6,910

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, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.