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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	Serbia
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	51,181	7,611
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	52,782	7,587
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	54,453	7,574
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	56,170	7,570
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	57,860	7,551
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	59,599	7,533
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	61,474	7,510
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	63,479	7,481
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	65,590	7,451
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	67,800	7,419
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	70,114	7,389
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	72,550	7,360
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	75,138	7,304
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	77,792	7,269
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	80,534	7,234
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	83,368	7,199
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	86,229	7,162
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	89,193	7,124
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	92,209	7,087
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	95,232	7,048
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	98,320	7,010
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	101,499	6,964
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	104,767	6,898
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	108,171	6,833

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

Serbia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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