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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	Barbados	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	273	277
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	274	281
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	275	285
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	276	288
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	278	289
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	279	293
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	280	296
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	281	304
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	282	311
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	283	319
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	285	319
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	286	318
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	287	319
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	288	321
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	289	324
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	290	327
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	291	331
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	291	335
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	292	343
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	293	353
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	294	361
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	294	366
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	295	372
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	295	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, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.