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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BeninMoldovaCongo - Kinshasa
6,4614,24451,181
6,6774,19952,782
6,9024,15454,453
7,1304,10856,170
7,3604,05957,860
7,5894,01359,599
7,8383,96661,474
8,0893,91963,479
8,3353,87365,590
8,6033,82967,800
8,8843,78870,114
9,1793,74872,550
9,4863,70975,138
9,8053,67177,792
10,1353,63380,534
10,4803,59583,368
10,8423,55886,229
11,2203,52289,193
11,6133,48592,209
12,0183,44895,232
12,3703,41298,320
12,7253,376101,499
13,0813,339104,767
13,4393,570108,171

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