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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Benin	Congo - Kinshasa	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	51,181	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	52,782	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	54,453	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	56,170	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	57,860	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	59,599	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	61,474	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	63,479	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	65,590	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	67,800	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	70,114	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	72,550	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	75,138	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	77,792	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	80,534	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	83,368	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	86,229	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	89,193	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	92,209	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	95,232	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	98,320	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	101,499	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	104,767	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	108,171	47,625

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

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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