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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Uganda	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	277	23,408	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	281	24,195	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	285	24,992	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	288	25,846	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	289	26,661	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	293	27,414	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	296	28,200	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	304	29,021	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	311	29,846	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	319	30,647	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	319	31,469	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	318	32,343	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	319	33,257	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	321	34,234	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	324	35,271	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	327	36,419	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	331	37,673	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	335	39,157	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	343	40,879	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	353	42,329	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	361	43,639	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	366	45,120	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	372	46,645	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	380	48,065	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.

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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