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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	Iceland	Benin	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	277	6,461	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	281	6,677	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	285	6,902	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	288	7,130	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	289	7,360	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	293	7,589	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	296	7,838	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	304	8,089	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	311	8,335	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	319	8,603	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	319	8,884	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	318	9,179	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	319	9,486	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	321	9,805	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	324	10,135	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	327	10,480	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	331	10,842	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	335	11,220	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	343	11,613	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	353	12,018	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	361	12,370	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	366	12,725	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	372	13,081	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	380	13,439	6,291

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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.