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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	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	273	138
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	274	141
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	275	144
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	276	147
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	278	151
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	279	154
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	280	158
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	281	161
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	282	165
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	283	168
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	285	172
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	286	176
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	287	180
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	288	183
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	289	187
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	290	190
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	291	194
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	291	198
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	292	201
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	293	204
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	294	208
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	294	212
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	295	216
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	295	220

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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.