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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	Benin	Albania	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	3,085	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	3,065	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	3,047	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	3,038	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	3,026	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	3,014	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	2,998	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	2,979	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	2,957	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	2,934	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	2,915	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	2,900	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	2,892	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	2,888	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	2,882	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	2,876	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	2,868	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	2,863	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	2,861	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	2,854	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	2,842	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	2,825	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	2,799	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	2,787	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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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 Benin, Albania, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.