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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	Trinidad & Tobago
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	5,286	1,301
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	5,397	1,303
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	5,499	1,308
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	5,578	1,314
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	5,654	1,320
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	5,746	1,326
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	5,836	1,332
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	5,931	1,338
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	6,035	1,344
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	6,145	1,352
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	6,257	1,359
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	6,368	1,365
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	6,477	1,372
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	6,586	1,379
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	6,695	1,386
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	6,804	1,392
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	6,912	1,399
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	7,019	1,405
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	7,127	1,411
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	7,234	1,436
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	7,343	1,452
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	7,452	1,448
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	7,560	1,450
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	7,666	1,456

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, Laos, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.