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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	Slovenia
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	10,596	1,998
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	10,833	2,004
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	10,890	2,006
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	11,007	2,009
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	11,307	2,010
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	11,579	2,011
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	11,804	2,015
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	12,043	2,022
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	12,337	2,033
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	12,657	2,036
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	12,986	2,056
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	13,325	2,063
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	13,679	2,067
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	14,040	2,071
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	14,412	2,074
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	14,803	2,076
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	15,210	2,078
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	15,629	2,079
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	16,060	2,081
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	16,507	2,087
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	16,967	2,104
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	17,442	2,118
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	17,930	2,123
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	18,494	2,124

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.

Slovenia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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