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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	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	277	6,461	152
Dec 31, 2000	281	6,677	153
Dec 31, 2001	285	6,902	154
Dec 31, 2002	288	7,130	155
Dec 31, 2003	289	7,360	156
Dec 31, 2004	293	7,589	157
Dec 31, 2005	296	7,838	157
Dec 31, 2006	304	8,089	158
Dec 31, 2007	311	8,335	159
Dec 31, 2008	319	8,603	160
Dec 31, 2009	319	8,884	160
Dec 31, 2010	318	9,179	161
Dec 31, 2011	319	9,486	162
Dec 31, 2012	321	9,805	162
Dec 31, 2013	324	10,135	163
Dec 31, 2014	327	10,480	163
Dec 31, 2015	331	10,842	164
Dec 31, 2016	335	11,220	164
Dec 31, 2017	343	11,613	165
Dec 31, 2018	353	12,018	166
Dec 31, 2019	361	12,370	166
Dec 31, 2020	366	12,725	167
Dec 31, 2021	372	13,081	167
Dec 31, 2022	380	13,439	167

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, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.