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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	Mali	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	10,596	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	10,833	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	10,890	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	11,007	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	11,307	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	11,579	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	11,804	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	12,043	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	12,337	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	12,657	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	12,986	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	13,325	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	13,679	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	14,040	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	14,412	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	14,803	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	15,210	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	15,629	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	16,060	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	16,507	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	16,967	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	17,442	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	17,930	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	18,494	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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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, Mali, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.