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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	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	277	6,461	78
Dec 31, 2000	281	6,677	79
Dec 31, 2001	285	6,902	80
Dec 31, 2002	288	7,130	81
Dec 31, 2003	289	7,360	82
Dec 31, 2004	293	7,589	83
Dec 31, 2005	296	7,838	84
Dec 31, 2006	304	8,089	85
Dec 31, 2007	311	8,335	86
Dec 31, 2008	319	8,603	87
Dec 31, 2009	319	8,884	87
Dec 31, 2010	318	9,179	88
Dec 31, 2011	319	9,486	89
Dec 31, 2012	321	9,805	90
Dec 31, 2013	324	10,135	91
Dec 31, 2014	327	10,480	92
Dec 31, 2015	331	10,842	92
Dec 31, 2016	335	11,220	93
Dec 31, 2017	343	11,613	94
Dec 31, 2018	353	12,018	95
Dec 31, 2019	361	12,370	96
Dec 31, 2020	366	12,725	97
Dec 31, 2021	372	13,081	98
Dec 31, 2022	380	13,439	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

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