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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	Bahrain	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	273	633	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	274	648	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	275	665	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	276	707	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	278	773	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	279	839	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	280	907	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	281	974	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,043	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,096	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,133	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,168	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,202	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	288	1,236	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	289	1,268	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	290	1,301	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	291	1,333	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	291	1,365	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	292	1,396	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	293	1,428	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	294	1,459	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	294	1,489	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	295	1,511	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	295	1,521	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

No separate list is published for Barbados, Bahrain, Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.