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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	Latvia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	2,386	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	2,363	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	2,333	275
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	2,306	276
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	2,284	278
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	2,259	279
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	2,235	280
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	2,215	281
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	2,197	282
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	2,174	283
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	2,138	285
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	2,093	286
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	2,055	287
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	2,030	288
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	2,009	289
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	1,991	290
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	1,974	291
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	1,956	291
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	1,938	292
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	1,923	293
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	1,910	294
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	1,897	294
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	1,880	295
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	1,883	295

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, Latvia, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.