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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Luxembourg	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	433	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	438	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	443	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	448	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	454	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	460	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	467	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	474	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	482	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	491	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	500	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	509	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	521	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	533	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	547	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	560	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	571	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	586	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	599	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	610	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	623	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	633	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	643	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	651	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, Luxembourg, Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.