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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	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	277	6,461	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	281	6,677	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	285	6,902	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	288	7,130	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	289	7,360	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	293	7,589	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	296	7,838	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	304	8,089	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	311	8,335	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	319	8,603	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	319	8,884	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	318	9,179	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	319	9,486	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	321	9,805	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	324	10,135	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	327	10,480	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	331	10,842	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	335	11,220	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	343	11,613	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	353	12,018	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	361	12,370	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	366	12,725	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	372	13,081	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	380	13,439	46,498

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