Population, long-run history: compare countries

See Population, long-run history for up to four countries side by side.

Countries being compared

Add a country

Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Mali	Sudan	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	26,168	138
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	26,771	141
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	27,387	144
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	28,017	147
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	28,662	151
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	29,321	154
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	29,996	158
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	30,686	161
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	31,393	165
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	32,137	168
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	33,078	172
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	33,891	176
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	34,568	180
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	35,293	183
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	36,093	187
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	37,058	190
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	38,165	194
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	39,294	198
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	40,512	201
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	41,764	204
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	42,952	208
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	44,121	212
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	45,290	216
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	46,498	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.

All data sources

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, Sudan, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.