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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	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	3,085	277
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	3,065	281
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	3,047	285
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	3,038	288
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	3,026	289
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	3,014	293
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	2,998	296
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	2,979	304
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	2,957	311
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	2,934	319
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	2,915	319
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	2,900	318
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	2,892	319
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	2,888	321
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	2,882	324
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	2,876	327
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	2,868	331
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	2,863	335
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	2,861	343
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	2,854	353
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	2,842	361
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	2,825	366
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	2,799	372
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	2,787	380

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

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