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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	Kuwait
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	11,075	1,926
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	11,405	1,982
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	11,828	2,038
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	12,380	2,094
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	12,829	2,151
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	13,178	2,208
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	13,540	2,268
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	13,917	2,329
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	14,309	2,388
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	14,722	2,446
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	15,152	2,502
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	15,600	2,556
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	16,064	2,609
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	16,563	2,660
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	17,072	2,710
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	17,575	2,757
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	18,094	2,804
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	18,621	2,848
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	19,157	2,891
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	19,698	2,933
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	20,242	2,972
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	20,788	3,011
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	21,336	3,048
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	21,889	3,061

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