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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	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	51,181	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	52,782	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	54,453	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	56,170	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	57,860	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	59,599	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	61,474	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	63,479	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	65,590	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	67,800	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	70,114	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	72,550	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	75,138	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	77,792	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	80,534	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	83,368	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	86,229	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	89,193	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	92,209	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	95,232	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	98,320	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	101,499	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	104,767	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	108,171	7,387

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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.