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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	Ethiopia	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	273	63,575	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	274	65,213	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	275	66,889	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	276	68,649	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	278	70,491	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	279	72,389	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	280	74,327	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	281	76,326	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	282	78,411	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,564	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	285	82,787	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	286	85,096	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	287	87,530	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	288	90,066	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	289	92,632	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	290	95,337	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	291	98,114	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	291	100,858	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	292	103,654	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	293	106,466	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	294	109,267	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	294	112,100	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	295	114,964	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	295	117,924	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, Ethiopia, Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.