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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Botswana
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	51,181	1,630
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	52,782	1,665
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	54,453	1,698
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	56,170	1,730
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	57,860	1,761
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	59,599	1,792
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	61,474	1,824
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	63,479	1,857
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	65,590	1,890
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	67,800	1,923
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	70,114	1,956
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	72,550	1,990
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	75,138	2,023
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	77,792	2,057
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	80,534	2,091
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	83,368	2,125
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	86,229	2,159
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	89,193	2,194
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	92,209	2,228
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	95,232	2,262
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	98,320	2,297
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	101,499	2,331
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	104,767	2,365
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	108,171	2,403

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