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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Benin	Congo - Kinshasa	Portugal
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	51,181	10,144
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	52,782	10,215
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	54,453	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	56,170	10,344
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	57,860	10,383
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	59,599	10,408
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	61,474	10,427
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	63,479	10,446
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	65,590	10,467
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	67,800	10,482
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	70,114	10,492
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	72,550	10,497
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	75,138	10,481
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	77,792	10,439
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	80,534	10,382
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	83,368	10,326
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	86,229	10,283
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	89,193	10,251
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	92,209	10,226
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	95,232	10,209
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	98,320	10,212
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	101,499	10,223
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	104,767	10,214
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	108,171	10,200

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

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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