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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	Yemen	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	277	16,728	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	281	17,236	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	285	17,762	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	288	18,310	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	289	18,855	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	293	19,410	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	296	20,000	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	304	20,611	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	311	21,236	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	319	21,878	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	319	22,533	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	318	23,195	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	319	23,880	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	321	24,594	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	324	25,311	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	327	26,020	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	331	26,698	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	335	27,347	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	343	27,985	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	353	28,608	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	361	29,216	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	366	29,811	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	372	30,399	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	380	31,058	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 Yemen, Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.