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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	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	51,181	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	52,782	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	54,453	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	56,170	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	57,860	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	59,599	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	61,474	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	63,479	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	65,590	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	67,800	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	70,114	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	72,550	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	75,138	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	77,792	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	80,534	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	83,368	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	86,229	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	89,193	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	92,209	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	95,232	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	98,320	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	101,499	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	104,767	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	108,171	3,228

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, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.