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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	Latvia
Dec 31, 1999	277	6,461	2,386
Dec 31, 2000	281	6,677	2,363
Dec 31, 2001	285	6,902	2,333
Dec 31, 2002	288	7,130	2,306
Dec 31, 2003	289	7,360	2,284
Dec 31, 2004	293	7,589	2,259
Dec 31, 2005	296	7,838	2,235
Dec 31, 2006	304	8,089	2,215
Dec 31, 2007	311	8,335	2,197
Dec 31, 2008	319	8,603	2,174
Dec 31, 2009	319	8,884	2,138
Dec 31, 2010	318	9,179	2,093
Dec 31, 2011	319	9,486	2,055
Dec 31, 2012	321	9,805	2,030
Dec 31, 2013	324	10,135	2,009
Dec 31, 2014	327	10,480	1,991
Dec 31, 2015	331	10,842	1,974
Dec 31, 2016	335	11,220	1,956
Dec 31, 2017	343	11,613	1,938
Dec 31, 2018	353	12,018	1,923
Dec 31, 2019	361	12,370	1,910
Dec 31, 2020	366	12,725	1,897
Dec 31, 2021	372	13,081	1,880
Dec 31, 2022	380	13,439	1,883

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, Latvia; the database as a whole is cited above.