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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	Denmark	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	5,322	78
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	5,339	79
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	5,358	80
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	5,377	81
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	5,391	82
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	5,404	83
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	5,420	84
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	5,438	85
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	5,461	86
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	5,494	87
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	5,524	87
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	5,548	88
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	5,571	89
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	5,592	90
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	5,614	91
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	5,644	92
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	5,683	92
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	5,730	93
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	5,766	94
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	5,795	95
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	5,818	96
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	5,831	97
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	5,855	98
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	5,907	98

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, Denmark, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.