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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	Eswatini
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	51,181	1,033
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	52,782	1,032
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	54,453	1,030
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	56,170	1,028
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	57,860	1,026
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	59,599	1,025
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	61,474	1,023
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	63,479	1,021
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	65,590	1,019
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	67,800	1,017
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	70,114	1,017
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	72,550	1,019
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	75,138	1,024
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	77,792	1,032
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	80,534	1,041
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	83,368	1,051
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	86,229	1,060
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	89,193	1,069
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	92,209	1,078
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	95,232	1,087
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	98,320	1,096
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	101,499	1,106
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	104,767	1,117
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	108,171	1,126

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