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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Lesotho
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	51,181	1,908
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	52,782	1,916
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	54,453	1,922
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	56,170	1,926
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	57,860	1,926
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	59,599	1,925
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	61,474	1,922
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	63,479	1,919
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	65,590	1,917
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	67,800	1,915
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	70,114	1,916
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	72,550	1,920
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	75,138	1,925
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	77,792	1,930
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	80,534	1,936
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	83,368	1,942
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	86,229	1,948
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	89,193	1,953
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	92,209	1,958
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	95,232	1,962
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	98,320	1,987
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	101,499	2,013
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	104,767	2,037
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	108,171	2,059

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Lesotho; the database as a whole is cited above.