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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	Puerto Rico	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	11,075	3,800	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	11,405	3,811	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	11,828	3,819	275
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	12,380	3,824	276
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	12,829	3,826	278
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	13,178	3,827	279
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	13,540	3,822	280
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	13,917	3,805	281
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	14,309	3,783	282
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	14,722	3,761	283
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	15,152	3,741	285
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	15,600	3,722	286
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	16,064	3,679	287
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	16,563	3,636	288
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	17,072	3,589	289
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	17,575	3,534	290
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	18,094	3,473	291
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	18,621	3,411	291
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	19,157	3,352	292
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	19,698	3,295	293
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	20,242	3,268	294
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	20,788	3,247	294
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	21,336	3,232	295
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	21,889	3,228	295

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.

All data sources

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, Puerto Rico, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.