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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	Romania	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	22,414	422
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	22,262	430
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	22,106	438
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	21,931	447
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	21,828	455
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	21,704	463
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	21,571	471
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	21,443	478
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	21,129	486
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	20,779	494
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	20,607	501
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	20,485	509
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	20,385	516
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	20,296	524
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	20,224	531
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	20,151	539
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	20,055	546
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	19,938	553
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	19,823	562
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	19,713	568
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	19,622	574
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	19,496	580
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	19,351	585
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	19,266	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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

No separate list is published for Benin, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.