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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	138	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	141	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	144	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	147	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	151	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	154	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	158	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	161	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	165	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	168	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	172	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	176	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	180	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	183	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	187	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	190	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	194	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	198	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	201	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	204	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	208	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	212	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	216	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	220	5,907

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