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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	Tanzania
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	51,181	32,912
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	52,782	33,953
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	54,453	34,974
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	56,170	36,021
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	57,860	37,100
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	59,599	38,167
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	61,474	39,262
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	63,479	40,387
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	65,590	41,557
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	67,800	42,741
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	70,114	43,889
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	72,550	45,132
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	75,138	46,531
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	77,792	47,965
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	80,534	49,437
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	83,368	50,965
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	86,229	52,604
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	89,193	54,336
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	92,209	56,062
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	95,232	57,765
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	98,320	59,465
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	101,499	61,191
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	104,767	62,944
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	108,171	64,835

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