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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Sweden	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	277	8,858	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	281	8,872	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	285	8,896	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	288	8,925	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	289	8,958	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	293	8,994	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	296	9,030	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	304	9,081	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	311	9,148	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	319	9,220	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	319	9,299	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	318	9,378	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	319	9,449	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	321	9,519	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	324	9,600	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	327	9,696	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	331	9,799	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	335	9,923	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	343	10,058	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	353	10,175	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	361	10,279	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	366	10,354	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	372	10,416	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	380	10,487	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.

Sweden

1300–1560: Krantz, O. (2017) “Swedish GDP 1300-1560 A Tentative Estimate” Lund Papers in Economic History: General Issues; No. 152.
1560–1950: Schön, L., and O. Krantz (2015) “New Swedish Historical National Accounts since the 16th Century in Constant and Current Prices” Lund Papers in Economic History no. 140

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