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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	Niger	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,424	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,785	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,170	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	276	11,580	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,015	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	279	12,472	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	280	12,954	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,459	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	282	13,986	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,532	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,092	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,669	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,263	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,903	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,569	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	290	18,242	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,957	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,708	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	292	20,462	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	293	21,228	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	294	22,023	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	294	22,842	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	295	23,691	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	295	24,587	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, Niger, Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.