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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	Senegal
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	51,181	10,070
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	52,782	10,305
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	54,453	10,576
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	56,170	10,864
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	57,860	11,172
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	59,599	11,498
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	61,474	11,839
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	63,479	12,204
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	65,590	12,584
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	67,800	12,978
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	70,114	13,382
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	72,550	13,794
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	75,138	14,226
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	77,792	14,668
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	80,534	15,121
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	83,368	15,589
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	86,229	16,066
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	89,193	16,549
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	92,209	17,044
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	95,232	17,535
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	98,320	18,021
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	101,499	18,518
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	104,767	19,016
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	108,171	19,512

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