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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Afghanistan	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	22,206	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	22,461	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	22,507	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	23,600	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	25,005	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	25,698	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	26,335	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	27,154	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	27,387	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	27,706	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	28,484	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	29,121	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	29,758	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	30,420	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	31,108	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	31,823	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	32,564	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	33,332	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	34,125	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	34,941	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	35,972	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	37,034	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	38,127	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	39,252	6,910

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, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.