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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	Paraguay	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	51,181	5,366	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	52,782	5,473	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	54,453	5,579	275
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	56,170	5,683	276
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	57,860	5,786	278
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	59,599	5,886	279
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	61,474	5,984	280
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	63,479	6,080	281
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	65,590	6,173	282
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	67,800	6,264	283
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	70,114	6,352	285
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	72,550	6,438	286
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	75,138	6,522	287
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	77,792	6,605	288
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	80,534	6,688	289
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	83,368	6,769	290
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	86,229	6,850	291
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	89,193	6,930	291
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	92,209	7,012	292
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	95,232	7,095	293
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	98,320	7,179	294
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	101,499	7,263	294
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	104,767	7,348	295
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	108,171	7,432	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, Congo - Kinshasa, Paraguay, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.