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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 - KinshasaMorocco
6,46151,18128,400
6,67752,78228,744
6,90254,45329,094
7,13056,17029,447
7,36057,86029,806
7,58959,59930,169
7,83861,47430,552
8,08963,47930,953
8,33565,59031,354
8,60367,80031,754
8,88470,11432,154
9,17972,55032,553
9,48675,13832,951
9,80577,79233,346
10,13580,53433,737
10,48083,36834,124
10,84286,22934,511
11,22089,19334,898
11,61392,20935,279
12,01895,23235,653
12,37098,32036,018
12,725101,49936,375
13,081104,76736,723
13,439108,17137,101

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