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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Albania	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	3,085	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	3,065	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	3,047	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	3,038	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	3,026	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	3,014	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	2,998	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	2,979	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	2,957	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	2,934	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	2,915	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	2,900	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	2,892	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	2,888	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	2,882	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	2,876	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	2,868	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	2,863	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	2,861	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	2,854	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	2,842	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	2,825	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	2,799	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	2,787	13,439

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