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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Benin	Congo - Kinshasa	India
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	51,181	1,000,965
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	52,782	1,018,667
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	54,453	1,036,256
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	56,170	1,053,663
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	57,860	1,070,882
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	59,599	1,087,941
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	61,474	1,104,803
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	63,479	1,121,354
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	65,590	1,137,576
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	67,800	1,153,547
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	70,114	1,169,239
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	72,550	1,184,638
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	75,138	1,199,810
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	77,792	1,214,839
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	80,534	1,229,765
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	83,368	1,244,577
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	86,229	1,259,236
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	89,193	1,273,693
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	92,209	1,287,902
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	95,232	1,301,821
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	98,320	1,315,530
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	101,499	1,329,062
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	104,767	1,339,912
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	108,171	1,349,060

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

India

1600–1870: Broadberry, S.N., Custodis, J. and Gupta, B. (2015), “India and the great divergence: an Anglo-Indian comparison of GDP per capita, 1600–1871” Explorations in Economic History, 55: 58-75.
1870-1900: A. Heston, "National Income", in D. Kumar and M. Desai, Cambridge Economic History of India, vol. 2, Cambridge, 1983, p. 397.
1900-46: A. Maddison, "Alternative Estimates of the Real Product of India, 1900-46", Indian Economic and Social History Review, 22, 2, 1985.
1946-50: A. Maddison, Class Structure and Economic Growth: India and Pakistan Since the Moghuls, Allen and Unwin, London, 1971, p. 169.

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