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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	Benin	Tanzania
Dec 31, 1999	273	6,461	32,912
Dec 31, 2000	274	6,677	33,953
Dec 31, 2001	275	6,902	34,974
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,130	36,021
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,360	37,100
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,589	38,167
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,838	39,262
Dec 31, 2006	281	8,089	40,387
Dec 31, 2007	282	8,335	41,557
Dec 31, 2008	283	8,603	42,741
Dec 31, 2009	285	8,884	43,889
Dec 31, 2010	286	9,179	45,132
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,486	46,531
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,805	47,965
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,135	49,437
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,480	50,965
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,842	52,604
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,220	54,336
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,613	56,062
Dec 31, 2018	293	12,018	57,765
Dec 31, 2019	294	12,370	59,465
Dec 31, 2020	294	12,725	61,191
Dec 31, 2021	295	13,081	62,944
Dec 31, 2022	295	13,439	64,835

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