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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BeninCongo - KinshasaSudan
6,46151,18126,168
6,67752,78226,771
6,90254,45327,387
7,13056,17028,017
7,36057,86028,662
7,58959,59929,321
7,83861,47429,996
8,08963,47930,686
8,33565,59031,393
8,60367,80032,137
8,88470,11433,078
9,17972,55033,891
9,48675,13834,568
9,80577,79235,293
10,13580,53436,093
10,48083,36837,058
10,84286,22938,165
11,22089,19339,294
11,61392,20940,512
12,01895,23241,764
12,37098,32042,952
12,725101,49944,121
13,081104,76745,290
13,439108,17146,498

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