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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	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	5,286	531
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	5,397	545
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	5,499	559
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	5,578	574
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	5,654	590
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	5,746	606
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	5,836	623
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	5,931	640
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	6,035	657
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	6,145	674
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	6,257	690
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	6,368	706
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	6,477	722
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	6,586	737
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	6,695	752
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	6,804	767
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	6,912	781
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	7,019	795
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	7,127	808
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	7,234	821
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	7,343	837
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	7,452	853
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	7,560	869
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	7,666	885

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