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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	Benin	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	277	6,461	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	281	6,677	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	285	6,902	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	288	7,130	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	289	7,360	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	293	7,589	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	296	7,838	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	304	8,089	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	311	8,335	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	319	8,603	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	319	8,884	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	318	9,179	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	319	9,486	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	321	9,805	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	324	10,135	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	327	10,480	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	331	10,842	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	335	11,220	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	343	11,613	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	353	12,018	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	361	12,370	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	366	12,725	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	372	13,081	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	380	13,439	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 Benin, Mali; the database as a whole is cited above.