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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Mali	Burkina Faso	Sweden
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	11,075	8,858
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	11,405	8,872
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	11,828	8,896
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	12,380	8,925
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	12,829	8,958
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	13,178	8,994
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	13,540	9,030
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	13,917	9,081
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	14,309	9,148
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	14,722	9,220
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	15,152	9,299
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	15,600	9,378
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	16,064	9,449
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	16,563	9,519
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	17,072	9,600
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	17,575	9,696
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	18,094	9,799
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	18,621	9,923
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	19,157	10,058
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	19,698	10,175
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	20,242	10,279
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	20,788	10,354
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	21,336	10,416
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	21,889	10,487

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

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, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.