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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Central African Republic	Mauritania
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	3,889	2,437
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	3,980	2,501
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	4,054	2,566
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	4,128	2,632
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	4,215	2,699
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	4,289	2,768
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	4,363	2,838
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	4,449	2,909
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	4,544	2,981
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	4,641	3,055
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	4,742	3,129
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	4,845	3,205
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	4,950	3,282
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	5,057	3,359
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	5,167	3,438
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	5,278	3,517
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	5,392	3,597
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	5,507	3,677
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	5,625	3,759
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	5,745	3,840
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	5,874	3,942
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	6,025	4,045
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	6,154	4,150
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	6,291	4,259

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, Central African Republic, Mauritania; the database as a whole is cited above.