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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	Cambodia	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	277	12,122	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	281	12,317	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	285	12,504	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,691	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,881	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,076	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,276	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,461	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	311	13,630	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	319	13,808	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	319	13,990	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	318	14,162	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	319	14,322	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	321	14,480	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	324	14,637	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	327	14,793	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	331	14,994	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	335	15,238	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	343	15,480	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	353	15,717	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	361	15,944	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	366	16,149	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	372	16,338	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	380	16,514	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 Cambodia, Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.