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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	Lesotho	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	277	1,908	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	281	1,916	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	285	1,922	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	288	1,926	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	289	1,926	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	293	1,925	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	296	1,922	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	304	1,919	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	311	1,917	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	319	1,915	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	319	1,916	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	318	1,920	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	319	1,925	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	321	1,930	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	324	1,936	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	327	1,942	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	331	1,948	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	335	1,953	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	343	1,958	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	353	1,962	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	361	1,987	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	366	2,013	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	372	2,037	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	380	2,059	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 Lesotho, Mali; the database as a whole is cited above.