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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	Estonia	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	1,378	138
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	1,400	141
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	1,391	144
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	1,382	147
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	1,374	151
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	1,365	154
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	1,357	158
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	1,349	161
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	1,341	165
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	1,337	168
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	1,334	172
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	1,332	176
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	1,328	180
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	1,324	183
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	1,319	187
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	1,314	190
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	1,312	194
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	1,314	198
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	1,314	201
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	1,318	204
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	1,323	208
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	1,327	212
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	1,329	216
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	1,330	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, Estonia, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.