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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	Ethiopia	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	277	63,575	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	281	65,213	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	285	66,889	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	288	68,649	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	289	70,491	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	293	72,389	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	296	74,327	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	304	76,326	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	311	78,411	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	319	80,564	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	319	82,787	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	318	85,096	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	319	87,530	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	321	90,066	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	324	92,632	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	327	95,337	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	331	98,114	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	335	100,858	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	343	103,654	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	353	106,466	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	361	109,267	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	366	112,100	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	372	114,964	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	380	117,924	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 Ethiopia, Mali; the database as a whole is cited above.