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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

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

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