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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	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	138	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	141	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	144	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	147	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	151	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	154	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	158	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	161	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	165	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	168	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	172	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	176	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	180	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	183	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	187	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	190	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	194	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	198	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	201	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	204	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	208	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	212	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	216	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	220	1,330

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, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.