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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	Sri Lanka	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	277	19,354	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	281	19,610	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	285	19,838	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	288	20,060	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	289	20,297	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	293	20,529	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	296	20,703	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	304	20,917	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	311	21,120	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	319	21,315	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	319	21,503	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	318	21,713	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	319	21,918	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	321	22,120	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	324	22,320	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	327	22,517	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	331	22,711	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	335	22,899	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	343	23,080	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	353	23,254	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	361	23,420	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	366	23,579	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	372	23,732	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	380	23,796	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 Sri Lanka, Mali; the database as a whole is cited above.