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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	Barbados	Benin	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	273	6,461	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	274	6,677	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	275	6,902	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,130	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,360	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,589	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,838	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	281	8,089	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	282	8,335	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	283	8,603	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	285	8,884	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	286	9,179	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,486	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,805	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,135	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,480	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,842	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,220	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,613	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	293	12,018	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	294	12,370	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	294	12,725	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	295	13,081	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	295	13,439	108,171

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 Barbados, Benin, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.