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