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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	North Macedonia	Congo - Kinshasa	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	2,006	51,181	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	2,017	52,782	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	2,026	54,453	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	2,011	56,170	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	2,018	57,860	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	2,024	59,599	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	2,028	61,474	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	2,031	63,479	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	2,035	65,590	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	2,038	67,800	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	2,042	70,114	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	2,046	72,550	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	2,049	75,138	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	2,052	77,792	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	2,055	80,534	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	2,058	83,368	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	2,061	86,229	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	2,063	89,193	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	2,065	92,209	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	2,067	95,232	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	2,068	98,320	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	2,065	101,499	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	2,057	104,767	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	2,048	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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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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.