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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	Paraguay	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	5,366	422
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	5,473	430
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	5,579	438
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	5,683	447
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	5,786	455
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	5,886	463
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	5,984	471
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	6,080	478
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	6,173	486
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	6,264	494
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	6,352	501
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	6,438	509
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	6,522	516
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	6,605	524
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	6,688	531
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	6,769	539
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	6,850	546
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	6,930	553
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	7,012	562
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	7,095	568
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	7,179	574
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	7,263	580
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	7,348	585
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	7,432	590

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, Paraguay, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.