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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Central African Republic	Kenya
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	3,889	30,192
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	3,980	31,025
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	4,054	31,919
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	4,128	32,865
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	4,215	33,846
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	4,289	34,880
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	4,363	35,961
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	4,449	37,093
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	4,544	38,248
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	4,641	39,441
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	4,742	40,668
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	4,845	41,900
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	4,950	43,198
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	5,057	44,470
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	5,167	45,639
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	5,278	46,808
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	5,392	47,983
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	5,507	49,095
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	5,625	50,201
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	5,745	51,357
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	5,874	52,522
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	6,025	53,691
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	6,154	54,867
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	6,291	55,924

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

Kenya

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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