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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	Chile	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	15,140	433
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	15,340	438
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	15,513	443
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	15,686	448
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	15,859	454
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	16,029	460
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	16,222	467
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	16,364	474
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	16,536	482
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	16,700	491
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	16,864	500
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	16,999	509
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	17,189	521
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	17,378	533
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	17,545	547
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	17,720	560
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	17,904	571
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	18,099	586
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	18,350	599
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	18,681	610
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	19,035	623
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	19,385	633
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	19,604	643
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	19,715	651

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

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

No separate list is published for Benin, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.