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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	Luxembourg	Moldova	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	433	4,244	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	438	4,199	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	443	4,154	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	448	4,108	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	454	4,059	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	460	4,013	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	467	3,966	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	474	3,919	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	482	3,873	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	491	3,829	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	500	3,788	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	509	3,748	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	521	3,709	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	533	3,671	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	547	3,633	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	560	3,595	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	571	3,558	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	586	3,522	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	599	3,485	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	610	3,448	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	623	3,412	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	633	3,376	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	643	3,339	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	651	3,570	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

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