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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Mali	Romania	Australia
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	22,414	18,692
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	22,262	18,907
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	22,106	19,151
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	21,931	19,371
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	21,828	19,595
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	21,704	19,805
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	21,571	20,048
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	21,443	20,320
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	21,129	20,694
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	20,779	21,113
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	20,607	21,553
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	20,485	21,891
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	20,385	22,197
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	20,296	22,588
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	20,224	22,980
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	20,151	23,326
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	20,055	23,664
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	19,938	24,036
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	19,823	24,445
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	19,713	24,823
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	19,622	25,204
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	19,496	25,529
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	19,351	25,574
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	19,266	25,826

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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

Australia

1820-1828: Butlin, N.G. 'Our 200 Years', Queesland Calendar, 1988
1828-1860: N.G. Butlin, "Contours of the Australian Economy 1788-1860", Australian Economic Review, Sept. 1986, pp. 112-13;
1861-1938/9: N.G. Butlin, Australian Domestic Product, Investment and Foreign Borrowing 1861-1938/9, Cambridge, 1962,pp.460-1; amdended as indicated in N.G. Butlin, Investment in Australian Economic Development 1861-19000, Cambridge, 1964, p. 453 and with revised deflator shown in M.W. Butlin, A Preliminary Annual Databae 1900/1901 to 1973/1974, Discussion Paper 7701, Reserve Bank of Australia, 1977, p. 41
1938/9-1950: from expenditure aggregates in 1966/7 prices in M.W. Butlin, RS/FLW/, p.85.

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