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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	St. Lucia	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	277	152	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	281	153	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	285	154	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	288	155	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	289	156	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	293	157	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	296	157	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	304	158	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	311	159	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	319	160	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	319	160	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	318	161	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	319	162	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	321	162	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	324	163	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	327	163	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	331	164	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	335	164	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	343	165	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	353	166	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	361	166	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	366	167	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	372	167	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	380	167	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 St. Lucia, Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.