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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Brazil	Congo - Kinshasa	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	51,181	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	52,782	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	54,453	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	56,170	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	57,860	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	59,599	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	61,474	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	63,479	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	65,590	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	67,800	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	70,114	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	72,550	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	75,138	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	77,792	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	80,534	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	83,368	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	86,229	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	89,193	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	92,209	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	95,232	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	98,320	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	101,499	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	104,767	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	108,171	46,498

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.

All data sources

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

Brazil

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1850–1899: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350
1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;

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