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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	Malta	Barbados	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	387	273	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	390	274	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	393	275	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	396	276	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	398	278	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	401	279	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	404	280	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	405	281	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	406	282	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	409	283	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	412	285	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	414	286	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	416	287	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	420	288	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	426	289	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	435	290	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	445	291	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	455	291	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	468	292	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	485	293	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	504	294	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	516	294	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	518	295	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	530	295	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 Malta, Barbados, Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.