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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	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	5,322	138
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	5,339	141
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	5,358	144
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	5,377	147
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	5,391	151
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	5,404	154
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	5,420	158
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	5,438	161
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	5,461	165
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	5,494	168
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	5,524	172
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	5,548	176
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	5,571	180
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	5,592	183
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	5,614	187
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	5,644	190
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	5,683	194
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	5,730	198
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	5,766	201
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	5,795	204
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	5,818	208
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	5,831	212
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	5,855	216
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	5,907	220

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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.