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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	Oman	Bulgaria
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	2,348	8,091
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	2,403	8,052
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	2,457	7,798
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	2,510	7,755
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	2,562	7,710
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	2,613	7,668
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	2,663	7,628
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	2,713	7,587
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	2,764	7,549
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	2,816	7,513
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	2,871	7,475
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	2,928	7,425
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	2,986	7,242
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	3,047	7,200
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	3,110	7,160
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	3,174	7,119
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	3,240	7,074
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	3,307	7,024
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	3,375	6,973
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	3,444	6,923
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	3,512	6,874
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	3,582	6,833
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	3,651	6,778
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	3,696	6,720

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

Bulgaria

1892-1945: Ivanov, M. (2006). “Bulgarian National Income between 1892 and 1924,” Bulgarian National Discussion Papers DP/54/2006

No separate list is published for Mali, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.