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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	Iceland	Barbados	Albania	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	3,085	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	3,065	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	3,047	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	3,038	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	3,026	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	3,014	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	2,998	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	2,979	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	2,957	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	2,934	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	2,915	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	2,900	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	2,892	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	2,888	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	2,882	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	2,876	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	2,868	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	2,863	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	2,861	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	2,854	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	2,842	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	2,825	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	2,799	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	2,787	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, Albania, Mali; the database as a whole is cited above.