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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	Iran
Dec 31, 1999	277	10,596	64,704
Dec 31, 2000	281	10,833	65,411
Dec 31, 2001	285	10,890	66,167
Dec 31, 2002	288	11,007	66,689
Dec 31, 2003	289	11,307	67,807
Dec 31, 2004	293	11,579	68,480
Dec 31, 2005	296	11,804	69,325
Dec 31, 2006	304	12,043	70,158
Dec 31, 2007	311	12,337	71,040
Dec 31, 2008	319	12,657	71,942
Dec 31, 2009	319	12,986	72,888
Dec 31, 2010	318	13,325	73,826
Dec 31, 2011	319	13,679	74,625
Dec 31, 2012	321	14,040	75,446
Dec 31, 2013	324	14,412	76,418
Dec 31, 2014	327	14,803	77,521
Dec 31, 2015	331	15,210	78,652
Dec 31, 2016	335	15,629	79,700
Dec 31, 2017	343	16,060	80,725
Dec 31, 2018	353	16,507	81,721
Dec 31, 2019	361	16,967	82,685
Dec 31, 2020	366	17,442	83,614
Dec 31, 2021	372	17,930	84,505
Dec 31, 2022	380	18,494	85,108

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.

Iran

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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