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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	Qatar	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	627	78
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	659	79
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	691	80
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	724	81
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	757	82
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	850	83
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	1,001	84
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	1,153	85
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	1,306	86
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	1,460	87
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	1,615	87
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	1,770	88
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	1,904	89
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	2,010	90
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	2,103	91
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	2,187	92
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	2,261	92
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	2,326	93
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	2,384	94
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	2,435	95
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	2,480	96
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	2,519	97
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	2,553	98
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	2,559	98

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, Qatar, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.