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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Venezuela	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	23,188	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	23,601	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	24,011	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	24,425	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	24,841	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	25,255	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	25,667	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	26,079	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	26,589	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	27,098	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	27,510	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	27,920	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	28,327	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	28,722	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	29,111	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	29,418	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	29,693	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	29,961	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	29,856	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	28,858	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	27,921	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	27,871	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	28,316	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	28,418	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

Venezuela

1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

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