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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	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	51,181	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	52,782	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	54,453	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	56,170	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	57,860	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	59,599	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	61,474	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	63,479	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	65,590	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	67,800	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	70,114	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	72,550	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	75,138	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	77,792	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	80,534	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	83,368	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	86,229	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	89,193	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	92,209	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	95,232	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	98,320	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	101,499	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	104,767	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	108,171	5,042

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, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.