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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BeninCongo - KinshasaAlbania
6,46151,1813,085
6,67752,7823,065
6,90254,4533,047
7,13056,1703,038
7,36057,8603,026
7,58959,5993,014
7,83861,4742,998
8,08963,4792,979
8,33565,5902,957
8,60367,8002,934
8,88470,1142,915
9,17972,5502,900
9,48675,1382,892
9,80577,7922,888
10,13580,5342,882
10,48083,3682,876
10,84286,2292,868
11,22089,1932,863
11,61392,2092,861
12,01895,2322,854
12,37098,3202,842
12,725101,4992,825
13,081104,7672,799
13,439108,1712,787

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