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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	Paraguay	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	5,366	277
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	5,473	281
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	5,579	285
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	5,683	288
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	5,786	289
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	5,886	293
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	5,984	296
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	6,080	304
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	6,173	311
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	6,264	319
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	6,352	319
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	6,438	318
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	6,522	319
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	6,605	321
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	6,688	324
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	6,769	327
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	6,850	331
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	6,930	335
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	7,012	343
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	7,095	353
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	7,179	361
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	7,263	366
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	7,348	372
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	7,432	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, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.