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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	Dominica	Benin	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	70	6,461	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	71	6,677	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	71	6,902	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	72	7,130	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	72	7,360	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	72	7,589	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	72	7,838	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	72	8,089	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	72	8,335	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	73	8,603	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	73	8,884	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	73	9,179	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	73	9,486	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	73	9,805	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	73	10,135	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	73	10,480	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	74	10,842	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	74	11,220	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	74	11,613	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	74	12,018	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	75	12,370	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	75	12,725	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	76	13,081	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	76	13,439	6,291

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 Dominica, Benin, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.