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