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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	Djibouti	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	273	646	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	274	669	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	275	693	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	276	716	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	278	691	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	279	657	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	280	666	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	281	679	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	282	694	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	283	709	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	285	725	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	286	741	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	287	757	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	288	774	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	289	792	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	290	810	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	291	828	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	291	847	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	292	865	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	293	884	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	294	898	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	294	912	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	295	924	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	295	937	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, Djibouti, Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.