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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	Gambia
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	11,075	1,320
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	11,405	1,357
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	11,828	1,393
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	12,380	1,431
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	12,829	1,469
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	13,178	1,508
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	13,540	1,548
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	13,917	1,589
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	14,309	1,630
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	14,722	1,671
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	15,152	1,713
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	15,600	1,755
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	16,064	1,798
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	16,563	1,840
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	17,072	1,883
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	17,575	1,926
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	18,094	1,968
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	18,621	2,010
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	19,157	2,051
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	19,698	2,093
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	20,242	2,147
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	20,788	2,203
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	21,336	2,260
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	21,889	2,316

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, Gambia; the database as a whole is cited above.