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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	Moldova	Congo - Kinshasa	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	4,244	51,181	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	4,199	52,782	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	4,154	54,453	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	4,108	56,170	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	4,059	57,860	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	4,013	59,599	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	3,966	61,474	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	3,919	63,479	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	3,873	65,590	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	3,829	67,800	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	3,788	70,114	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	3,748	72,550	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	3,709	75,138	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	3,671	77,792	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	3,633	80,534	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	3,595	83,368	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	3,558	86,229	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	3,522	89,193	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	3,485	92,209	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	3,448	95,232	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	3,412	98,320	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	3,376	101,499	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	3,339	104,767	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	3,570	108,171	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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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 Moldova, Congo - Kinshasa, Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.