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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Benin	Congo - Kinshasa	Netherlands
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	51,181	15,817
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	52,782	15,932
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	54,453	16,052
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	56,170	16,155
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	57,860	16,231
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	59,599	16,288
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	61,474	16,326
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	63,479	16,352
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	65,590	16,388
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	67,800	16,452
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	70,114	16,536
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	72,550	16,621
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	75,138	16,699
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	77,792	16,761
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	80,534	16,810
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	83,368	16,871
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	86,229	16,946
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	89,193	17,036
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	92,209	17,137
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	95,232	17,238
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	98,320	17,351
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	101,499	17,448
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	104,767	17,539
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	108,171	17,709

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

Netherlands

1348–1807 (Holland): Van Zanden, J. L. and van Leeuwen, B. (2012), ‘Persistent but not consistent: the growth of national income in Holland 1347–1807’, Explorations in Economic History, 49 (2012), pp. 119–30.
1807-1913: Smits, J.P., E. Horlings and J.L. van Zanden (2000). The Measurement of Gross National Product and its Components 1800-1913 (Groningen Growth and Development Centre Monograph series no 5).
1913-1950: C.A. van Bochove and T.A. Huitker, "Main National Accounting Series, 1900-1986", CBS Occasional Paper, No. 17, The Hague, 1987.

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