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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	Puerto Rico	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	3,800	273
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	3,811	274
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	3,819	275
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	3,824	276
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	3,826	278
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	3,827	279
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	3,822	280
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	3,805	281
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	3,783	282
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	3,761	283
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	3,741	285
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	3,722	286
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	3,679	287
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	3,636	288
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	3,589	289
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	3,534	290
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	3,473	291
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	3,411	291
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	3,352	292
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	3,295	293
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	3,268	294
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	3,247	294
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	3,232	295
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	3,228	295

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, Puerto Rico, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.