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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	Moldova	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	4,244	138
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	4,199	141
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	4,154	144
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	4,108	147
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	4,059	151
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	4,013	154
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	3,966	158
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	3,919	161
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	3,873	165
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	3,829	168
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	3,788	172
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	3,748	176
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	3,709	180
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	3,671	183
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	3,633	187
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	3,595	190
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	3,558	194
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	3,522	198
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	3,485	201
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	3,448	204
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	3,412	208
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	3,376	212
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	3,339	216
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	3,570	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, Moldova, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.