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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	Denmark	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	5,322	138
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	5,339	141
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	5,358	144
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	5,377	147
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	5,391	151
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	5,404	154
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	5,420	158
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	5,438	161
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	5,461	165
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	5,494	168
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	5,524	172
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	5,548	176
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	5,571	180
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	5,592	183
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	5,614	187
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	5,644	190
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	5,683	194
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	5,730	198
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	5,766	201
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	5,795	204
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	5,818	208
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	5,831	212
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	5,855	216
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	5,907	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, Denmark, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.