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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	Singapore	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,959	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	281	4,028	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,138	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,176	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,115	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,167	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	296	4,266	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	304	4,401	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	311	4,589	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	319	4,839	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	319	4,988	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	318	5,077	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	319	5,184	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	321	5,312	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	324	5,399	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	327	5,470	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	331	5,535	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	335	5,607	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	343	5,612	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	353	5,639	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	361	5,704	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	366	5,686	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	372	5,716	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	380	5,750	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.

Singapore

1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).

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