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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	Eswatini
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	3,889	1,033
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	3,980	1,032
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	4,054	1,030
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	4,128	1,028
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	4,215	1,026
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	4,289	1,025
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	4,363	1,023
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	4,449	1,021
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	4,544	1,019
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	4,641	1,017
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	4,742	1,017
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	4,845	1,019
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	4,950	1,024
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	5,057	1,032
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	5,167	1,041
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	5,278	1,051
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	5,392	1,060
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	5,507	1,069
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	5,625	1,078
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	5,745	1,087
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	5,874	1,096
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	6,025	1,106
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	6,154	1,117
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	6,291	1,126

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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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, Eswatini; the database as a whole is cited above.