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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Benin	Congo - Kinshasa	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	51,181	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	52,782	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	54,453	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	56,170	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	57,860	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	59,599	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	61,474	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	63,479	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	65,590	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	67,800	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	70,114	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	72,550	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	75,138	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	77,792	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	80,534	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	83,368	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	86,229	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	89,193	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	92,209	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	95,232	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	98,320	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	101,499	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	104,767	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	108,171	83,811

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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

No separate list is published for Benin, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.