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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Costa Rica	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	3,785	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	3,867	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	3,951	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	4,021	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	4,079	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	4,145	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	4,212	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	4,278	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	4,338	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	4,400	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	4,467	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	4,544	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	4,587	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	4,648	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	4,707	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	4,768	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	4,827	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	4,885	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	4,942	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	4,998	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	5,052	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	5,105	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	5,158	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	5,185	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, Costa Rica, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.