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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	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	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.

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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

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