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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Mali	Tanzania
Dec 31, 1999	277	10,596	32,912
Dec 31, 2000	281	10,833	33,953
Dec 31, 2001	285	10,890	34,974
Dec 31, 2002	288	11,007	36,021
Dec 31, 2003	289	11,307	37,100
Dec 31, 2004	293	11,579	38,167
Dec 31, 2005	296	11,804	39,262
Dec 31, 2006	304	12,043	40,387
Dec 31, 2007	311	12,337	41,557
Dec 31, 2008	319	12,657	42,741
Dec 31, 2009	319	12,986	43,889
Dec 31, 2010	318	13,325	45,132
Dec 31, 2011	319	13,679	46,531
Dec 31, 2012	321	14,040	47,965
Dec 31, 2013	324	14,412	49,437
Dec 31, 2014	327	14,803	50,965
Dec 31, 2015	331	15,210	52,604
Dec 31, 2016	335	15,629	54,336
Dec 31, 2017	343	16,060	56,062
Dec 31, 2018	353	16,507	57,765
Dec 31, 2019	361	16,967	59,465
Dec 31, 2020	366	17,442	61,191
Dec 31, 2021	372	17,930	62,944
Dec 31, 2022	380	18,494	64,835

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, Tanzania; the database as a whole is cited above.