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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	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	5,286	138
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	5,397	141
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	5,499	144
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	5,578	147
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	5,654	151
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	5,746	154
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	5,836	158
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	5,931	161
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	6,035	165
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	6,145	168
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	6,257	172
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	6,368	176
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	6,477	180
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	6,586	183
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	6,695	187
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	6,804	190
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	6,912	194
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	7,019	198
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	7,127	201
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	7,234	204
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	7,343	208
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	7,452	212
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	7,560	216
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	7,666	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, Laos, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.