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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	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	51,181	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	52,782	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	54,453	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	56,170	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	57,860	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	59,599	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	61,474	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	63,479	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	65,590	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	67,800	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	70,114	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	72,550	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	75,138	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	77,792	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	80,534	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	83,368	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	86,229	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	89,193	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	92,209	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	95,232	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	98,320	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	101,499	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	104,767	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	108,171	31,845

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, Nepal; the database as a whole is cited above.