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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	Barbados	Australia	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	273	18,692	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	274	18,907	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	275	19,151	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	276	19,371	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	278	19,595	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,805	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,048	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,320	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	282	20,694	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,113	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	285	21,553	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	286	21,891	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	287	22,197	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,588	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,980	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	290	23,326	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	291	23,664	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	291	24,036	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	292	24,445	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	293	24,823	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	294	25,204	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	294	25,529	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	295	25,574	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	295	25,826	13,439

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

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 Barbados, Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.