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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Mali	Ethiopia
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	10,596	63,575
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	10,833	65,213
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	10,890	66,889
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	11,007	68,649
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	11,307	70,491
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	11,579	72,389
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	11,804	74,327
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	12,043	76,326
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	12,337	78,411
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	12,657	80,564
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	12,986	82,787
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	13,325	85,096
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	13,679	87,530
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	14,040	90,066
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	14,412	92,632
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	14,803	95,337
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	15,210	98,114
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	15,629	100,858
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	16,060	103,654
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	16,507	106,466
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	16,967	109,267
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	17,442	112,100
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	17,930	114,964
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	18,494	117,924

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, Mali, Ethiopia; the database as a whole is cited above.