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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Afghanistan	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	22,206	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	22,461	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	22,507	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	23,600	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	25,005	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	25,698	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	26,335	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	27,154	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	27,387	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	27,706	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	28,484	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	29,121	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	29,758	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	30,420	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	31,108	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	31,823	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	32,564	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	33,332	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	34,125	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	34,941	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	35,972	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	37,034	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	38,127	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	39,252	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.

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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 Congo - Kinshasa, Afghanistan, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.