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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Netherlands	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	277	15,817	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	281	15,932	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	285	16,052	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	288	16,155	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	289	16,231	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	293	16,288	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	296	16,326	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	304	16,352	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	311	16,388	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	319	16,452	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	319	16,536	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	318	16,621	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,699	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,761	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	324	16,810	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	327	16,871	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	331	16,946	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	335	17,036	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	343	17,137	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	353	17,238	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	361	17,351	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	366	17,448	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	372	17,539	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	380	17,709	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.

Netherlands

1348–1807 (Holland): Van Zanden, J. L. and van Leeuwen, B. (2012), ‘Persistent but not consistent: the growth of national income in Holland 1347–1807’, Explorations in Economic History, 49 (2012), pp. 119–30.
1807-1913: Smits, J.P., E. Horlings and J.L. van Zanden (2000). The Measurement of Gross National Product and its Components 1800-1913 (Groningen Growth and Development Centre Monograph series no 5).
1913-1950: C.A. van Bochove and T.A. Huitker, "Main National Accounting Series, 1900-1986", CBS Occasional Paper, No. 17, The Hague, 1987.

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