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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Ghana	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	277	19,327	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	281	19,792	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	285	20,280	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	288	20,806	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	289	21,350	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	293	21,900	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	296	22,469	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	304	23,058	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	311	23,661	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	319	24,270	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	319	24,899	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	318	25,559	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	319	26,244	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	321	26,945	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	324	27,664	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	327	28,405	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	331	29,146	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	335	29,879	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	343	30,617	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	353	31,362	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	361	32,111	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	366	32,864	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	372	33,622	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	380	34,280	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.

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Mali; the database as a whole is cited above.