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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	Laos	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	5,286	422
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	5,397	430
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	5,499	438
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	5,578	447
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	5,654	455
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	5,746	463
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	5,836	471
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	5,931	478
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	6,035	486
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	6,145	494
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	6,257	501
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	6,368	509
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	6,477	516
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	6,586	524
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	6,695	531
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	6,804	539
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	6,912	546
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	7,019	553
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	7,127	562
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	7,234	568
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	7,343	574
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	7,452	580
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	7,560	585
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	7,666	590

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, Laos, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.