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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	Laos	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	5,286	277
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	5,397	281
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	5,499	285
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	5,578	288
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	5,654	289
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	5,746	293
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	5,836	296
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	5,931	304
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	6,035	311
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	6,145	319
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	6,257	319
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	6,368	318
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	6,477	319
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	6,586	321
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	6,695	324
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	6,804	327
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	6,912	331
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	7,019	335
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	7,127	343
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	7,234	353
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	7,343	361
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	7,452	366
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	7,560	372
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	7,666	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, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.