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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	Oman	Burkina Faso	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	2,348	11,075	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	2,403	11,405	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	2,457	11,828	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	2,510	12,380	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	2,562	12,829	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	2,613	13,178	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	2,663	13,540	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	2,713	13,917	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	2,764	14,309	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	2,816	14,722	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	2,871	15,152	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	2,928	15,600	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	2,986	16,064	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	3,047	16,563	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	3,110	17,072	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	3,174	17,575	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	3,240	18,094	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	3,307	18,621	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	3,375	19,157	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	3,444	19,698	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	3,512	20,242	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	3,582	20,788	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	3,651	21,336	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	3,696	21,889	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.

All data sources

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, Oman, Burkina Faso, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.