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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	Paraguay	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	5,366	138
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	5,473	141
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	5,579	144
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	5,683	147
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	5,786	151
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	5,886	154
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	5,984	158
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	6,080	161
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	6,173	165
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	6,264	168
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	6,352	172
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	6,438	176
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	6,522	180
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	6,605	183
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	6,688	187
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	6,769	190
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	6,850	194
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	6,930	198
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	7,012	201
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	7,095	204
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	7,179	208
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	7,263	212
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	7,348	216
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	7,432	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, Paraguay, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.