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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	Madagascar	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,259	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,707	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,162	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,631	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,114	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,610	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,120	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	281	18,641	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	282	19,173	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	283	19,717	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,272	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,837	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,413	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	288	21,999	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,593	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	290	23,196	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	291	23,806	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	291	24,423	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,044	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	293	25,671	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	294	26,302	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	294	26,936	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	295	27,573	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	295	28,237	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, Madagascar, Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.