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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 BeninOmanCongo - Kinshasa
6,4612,34851,181
6,6772,40352,782
6,9022,45754,453
7,1302,51056,170
7,3602,56257,860
7,5892,61359,599
7,8382,66361,474
8,0892,71363,479
8,3352,76465,590
8,6032,81667,800
8,8842,87170,114
9,1792,92872,550
9,4862,98675,138
9,8053,04777,792
10,1353,11080,534
10,4803,17483,368
10,8423,24086,229
11,2203,30789,193
11,6133,37592,209
12,0183,44495,232
12,3703,51298,320
12,7253,582101,499
13,0813,651104,767
13,4393,696108,171

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