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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 - KinshasaGeorgia
6,46151,1814,848
6,67752,7824,814
6,90254,4534,789
7,13056,1704,771
7,36057,8604,746
7,58959,5994,739
7,83861,4744,786
8,08963,4794,826
8,33565,5904,820
8,60367,8004,819
8,88470,1144,851
9,17972,5504,898
9,48675,1384,934
9,80577,7924,946
10,13580,5344,938
10,48083,3684,931
10,84286,2294,927
11,22089,1934,924
11,61392,2094,922
12,01895,2324,922
12,37098,3204,923
12,725101,4994,926
13,081104,7674,929
13,439108,1714,911

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