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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	France	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	60,396	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	60,811	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	61,255	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	61,703	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	62,141	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	62,600	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	63,073	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	63,513	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	63,906	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	64,264	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	64,594	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	64,913	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	65,231	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	65,552	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	65,891	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	66,212	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	66,480	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	66,730	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	67,015	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	67,347	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	67,660	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	67,901	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	68,114	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	68,387	18,494

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

France

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1276–1800: Ridolfi, L., & Nuvolari, A. (2021). L’histoire immobile? A reappraisal of French economic growth using the demand-side approach, 1280–1850. European Review of Economic History, 25(3), 405–428
1850-1913: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987
1920-1950: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987

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