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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	Luxembourg	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	433	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	438	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	443	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	448	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	454	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	460	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	467	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	474	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	482	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	491	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	500	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	509	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	521	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	533	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	547	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	560	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	571	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	586	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	599	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	610	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	623	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	633	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	643	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	651	108,171

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, Luxembourg, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.