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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	Thailand	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	277	59,748	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	281	60,165	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	285	60,746	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	288	61,323	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	289	61,884	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	293	62,425	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	296	62,956	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,467	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	311	63,937	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	319	64,381	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	319	64,804	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	318	65,208	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	319	65,599	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	321	65,970	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	324	66,332	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	327	66,673	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	331	66,975	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	335	67,250	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	343	67,506	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	353	67,750	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	361	67,975	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	366	68,180	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	372	68,366	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	380	68,457	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.

Thailand

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989

No separate list is published for Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.