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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	Iceland	Malta	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	387	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	390	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	393	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	396	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	398	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	401	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	404	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	405	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	406	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	409	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	412	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	414	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	416	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	420	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	426	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	435	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	445	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	455	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	468	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	485	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	504	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	516	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	518	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	530	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.

All data sources

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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