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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	273	138	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	274	141	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	275	144	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	276	147	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	278	151	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	279	154	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	280	158	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	281	161	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	282	165	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	283	168	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	285	172	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	286	176	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	287	180	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	288	183	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	289	187	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	290	190	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	291	194	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	291	198	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	292	201	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	293	204	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	294	208	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	294	212	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	295	216	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	295	220	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, São Tomé & Príncipe, Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.