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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	Estonia	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	1,378	277
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	1,400	281
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	1,391	285
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	1,382	288
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	1,374	289
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	1,365	293
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	1,357	296
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	1,349	304
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	1,341	311
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	1,337	319
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	1,334	319
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	1,332	318
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	1,328	319
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	1,324	321
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	1,319	324
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	1,314	327
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	1,312	331
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	1,314	335
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	1,314	343
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	1,318	353
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	1,323	361
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	1,327	366
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	1,329	372
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	1,330	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.

All data sources

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, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.