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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	Congo - Brazzaville
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	11,075	2,886
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	11,405	2,999
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	11,828	3,113
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	12,380	3,181
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	12,829	3,274
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	13,178	3,400
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	13,540	3,543
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	13,917	3,702
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	14,309	3,859
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	14,722	3,989
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	15,152	4,146
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	15,600	4,324
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	16,064	4,468
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	16,563	4,581
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	17,072	4,667
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	17,575	4,757
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	18,094	4,851
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	18,621	4,951
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	19,157	5,055
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	19,698	5,164
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	20,242	5,279
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	20,788	5,400
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	21,336	5,527
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	21,889	5,655

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, Congo - Brazzaville; the database as a whole is cited above.