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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	Senegal
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	10,596	10,070
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	10,833	10,305
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	10,890	10,576
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	11,007	10,864
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	11,307	11,172
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	11,579	11,498
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	11,804	11,839
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	12,043	12,204
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	12,337	12,584
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	12,657	12,978
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	12,986	13,382
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	13,325	13,794
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	13,679	14,226
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	14,040	14,668
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	14,412	15,121
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	14,803	15,589
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	15,210	16,066
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	15,629	16,549
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	16,060	17,044
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	16,507	17,535
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	16,967	18,021
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	17,442	18,518
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	17,930	19,016
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	18,494	19,512

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