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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Palestinian Territories	Congo - Kinshasa	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	2,996	51,181	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	3,075	52,782	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	3,155	54,453	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	3,235	56,170	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	3,315	57,860	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	3,396	59,599	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	3,478	61,474	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	3,559	63,479	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	3,642	65,590	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	3,727	67,800	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	3,817	70,114	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	3,907	72,550	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	3,997	75,138	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	4,088	77,792	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	4,178	80,534	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	4,269	83,368	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	4,359	86,229	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	4,451	89,193	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	4,533	92,209	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	4,615	95,232	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	4,715	98,320	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	4,820	101,499	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	4,930	104,767	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	5,042	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 Palestinian Territories, Congo - Kinshasa, Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.