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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	Sudan	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	26,168	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	26,771	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	27,387	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	28,017	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	28,662	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	29,321	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	29,996	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	30,686	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	31,393	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	32,137	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	33,078	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	33,891	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	34,568	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	35,293	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	36,093	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	37,058	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	38,165	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	39,294	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	40,512	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	41,764	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	42,952	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	44,121	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	45,290	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	46,498	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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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, Sudan, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.