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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	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	51,181	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	52,782	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	54,453	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	56,170	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	57,860	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	59,599	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	61,474	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	63,479	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	65,590	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	67,800	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	70,114	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	72,550	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	75,138	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	77,792	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	80,534	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	83,368	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	86,229	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	89,193	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	92,209	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	95,232	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	98,320	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	101,499	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	104,767	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	108,171	7,432

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