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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	Yemen	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	16,728	78
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	17,236	79
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	17,762	80
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	18,310	81
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	18,855	82
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	19,410	83
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	20,000	84
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	20,611	85
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	21,236	86
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	21,878	87
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	22,533	87
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	23,195	88
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	23,880	89
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	24,594	90
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	25,311	91
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	26,020	92
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	26,698	92
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	27,347	93
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	27,985	94
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	28,608	95
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	29,216	96
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	29,811	97
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	30,399	98
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	31,058	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, Yemen, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.