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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	Mali	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	10,596	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	10,833	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	10,890	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	11,007	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	11,307	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	11,579	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	11,804	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	12,043	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	12,337	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	12,657	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	12,986	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	13,325	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	13,679	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	14,040	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	14,412	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	14,803	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	15,210	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	15,629	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	16,060	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	16,507	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	16,967	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	17,442	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	17,930	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	18,494	46,498

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