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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	Burkina Faso	Belarus
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	11,075	10,064
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	11,405	10,034
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	11,828	10,000
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	12,380	9,955
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	12,829	9,905
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	13,178	9,856
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	13,540	9,807
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	13,917	9,764
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	14,309	9,734
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	14,722	9,713
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	15,152	9,697
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	15,600	9,681
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	16,064	9,662
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	16,563	9,643
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	17,072	9,624
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	17,575	9,605
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	18,094	9,585
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	18,621	9,564
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	19,157	9,542
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	19,698	9,519
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	20,242	9,495
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	20,788	9,469
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	21,336	9,442
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	21,889	9,400

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, Burkina Faso, Belarus; the database as a whole is cited above.