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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	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	51,181	152
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	52,782	153
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	54,453	154
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	56,170	155
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	57,860	156
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	59,599	157
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	61,474	157
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	63,479	158
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	65,590	159
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	67,800	160
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	70,114	160
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	72,550	161
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	75,138	162
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	77,792	162
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	80,534	163
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	83,368	163
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	86,229	164
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	89,193	164
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	92,209	165
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	95,232	166
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	98,320	166
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	101,499	167
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	104,767	167
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	108,171	167

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

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