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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	Barbados	Iceland	Morocco	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	28,400	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	28,744	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	29,094	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	29,447	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	29,806	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	30,169	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	30,552	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	30,953	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	31,354	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	31,754	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	32,154	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	32,553	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	32,951	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	33,346	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	33,737	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	34,124	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	34,511	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	34,898	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	35,279	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	35,653	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	36,018	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	36,375	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	36,723	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	37,101	18,494

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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