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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	Benin	Albania	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	3,085	273
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	3,065	274
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	3,047	275
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	3,038	276
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	3,026	278
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	3,014	279
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	2,998	280
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	2,979	281
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	2,957	282
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	2,934	283
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	2,915	285
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	2,900	286
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	2,892	287
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	2,888	288
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	2,882	289
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	2,876	290
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	2,868	291
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	2,863	291
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	2,861	292
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	2,854	293
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	2,842	294
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	2,825	294
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	2,799	295
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	2,787	295

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 Benin, Albania, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.