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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	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	51,181	138
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	52,782	141
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	54,453	144
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	56,170	147
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	57,860	151
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	59,599	154
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	61,474	158
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	63,479	161
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	65,590	165
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	67,800	168
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	70,114	172
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	72,550	176
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	75,138	180
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	77,792	183
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	80,534	187
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	83,368	190
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	86,229	194
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	89,193	198
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	92,209	201
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	95,232	204
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	98,320	208
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	101,499	212
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	104,767	216
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	108,171	220

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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.