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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	India	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	1,000,965	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	1,018,667	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	1,036,256	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	1,053,663	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	1,070,882	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	1,087,941	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	1,104,803	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	1,121,354	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	1,137,576	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	1,153,547	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	1,169,239	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	1,184,638	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	1,199,810	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	1,214,839	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	1,229,765	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	1,244,577	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	1,259,236	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	1,273,693	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	1,287,902	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	1,301,821	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	1,315,530	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	1,329,062	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	1,339,912	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	1,349,060	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

India

1600–1870: Broadberry, S.N., Custodis, J. and Gupta, B. (2015), “India and the great divergence: an Anglo-Indian comparison of GDP per capita, 1600–1871” Explorations in Economic History, 55: 58-75.
1870-1900: A. Heston, "National Income", in D. Kumar and M. Desai, Cambridge Economic History of India, vol. 2, Cambridge, 1983, p. 397.
1900-46: A. Maddison, "Alternative Estimates of the Real Product of India, 1900-46", Indian Economic and Social History Review, 22, 2, 1985.
1946-50: A. Maddison, Class Structure and Economic Growth: India and Pakistan Since the Moghuls, Allen and Unwin, London, 1971, p. 169.

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