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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	Madagascar	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	15,259	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	15,707	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	16,162	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	16,631	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	17,114	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	17,610	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	18,120	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	18,641	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	19,173	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	19,717	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	20,272	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	20,837	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	21,413	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	21,999	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	22,593	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	23,196	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	23,806	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	24,423	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	25,044	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	25,671	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	26,302	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	26,936	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	27,573	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	28,237	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 Madagascar, Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.