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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	Laos	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	5,286	422
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	5,397	430
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	5,499	438
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	5,578	447
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	5,654	455
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	5,746	463
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	5,836	471
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	5,931	478
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	6,035	486
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	6,145	494
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	6,257	501
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	6,368	509
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	6,477	516
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	6,586	524
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	6,695	531
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	6,804	539
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	6,912	546
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	7,019	553
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	7,127	562
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	7,234	568
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	7,343	574
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	7,452	580
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	7,560	585
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	7,666	590

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, Laos, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.