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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	Sudan	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	26,168	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	26,771	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	27,387	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	28,017	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	28,662	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	29,321	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	29,996	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	30,686	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	31,393	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	32,137	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	33,078	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	33,891	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	34,568	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	35,293	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	36,093	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	37,058	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	38,165	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	39,294	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	40,512	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	41,764	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	42,952	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	44,121	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	45,290	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	46,498	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, Sudan, Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.