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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	Qatar	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	11,075	627	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	11,405	659	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	11,828	691	275
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	12,380	724	276
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	12,829	757	278
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	13,178	850	279
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	13,540	1,001	280
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	13,917	1,153	281
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	14,309	1,306	282
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	14,722	1,460	283
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	15,152	1,615	285
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	15,600	1,770	286
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	16,064	1,904	287
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	16,563	2,010	288
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	17,072	2,103	289
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	17,575	2,187	290
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	18,094	2,261	291
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	18,621	2,326	291
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	19,157	2,384	292
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	19,698	2,435	293
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	20,242	2,480	294
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	20,788	2,519	294
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	21,336	2,553	295
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	21,889	2,559	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, Qatar, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.