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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	Côte d’Ivoire	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	273	17,106	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,552	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	275	18,010	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,438	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,895	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,432	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	280	19,968	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,512	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,097	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,699	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,285	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	286	22,845	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,343	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	288	23,879	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	289	24,492	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	290	25,104	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	291	25,719	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	291	26,348	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	292	26,984	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	293	27,614	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	294	28,252	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	294	28,895	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	295	29,546	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	295	30,279	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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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, Côte d’Ivoire, Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.