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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Côte d’Ivoire	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	17,106	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	17,552	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	18,010	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	18,438	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	18,895	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	19,432	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	19,968	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	20,512	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	21,097	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	21,699	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	22,285	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	22,845	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	23,343	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	23,879	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	24,492	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	25,104	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	25,719	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	26,348	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	26,984	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	27,614	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	28,252	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	28,895	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	29,546	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	30,279	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, Côte d’Ivoire, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.