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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	Burkina Faso	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	11,075	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	11,405	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	11,828	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	12,380	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	12,829	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	13,178	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	13,540	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	13,917	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	14,309	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	14,722	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	15,152	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	15,600	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	16,064	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	16,563	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	17,072	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	17,575	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	18,094	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	18,621	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	19,157	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	19,698	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	20,242	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	20,788	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	21,336	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	21,889	39,252

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, Burkina Faso, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.