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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	Mali	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	277	10,596	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	281	10,833	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	285	10,890	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	288	11,007	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	289	11,307	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	293	11,579	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	296	11,804	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	304	12,043	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	311	12,337	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	319	12,657	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	319	12,986	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	318	13,325	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	319	13,679	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	321	14,040	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	324	14,412	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	327	14,803	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	331	15,210	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	335	15,629	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	343	16,060	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	353	16,507	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	361	16,967	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	366	17,442	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	372	17,930	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	380	18,494	39,252

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 Mali, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.