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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Niger	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	10,424	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	10,785	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	11,170	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	11,580	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	12,015	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	12,472	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	12,954	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	13,459	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	13,986	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	14,532	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	15,092	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	15,669	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	16,263	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	16,903	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	17,569	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	18,242	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	18,957	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	19,708	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	20,462	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	21,228	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	22,023	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	22,842	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	23,691	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	24,587	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, Niger, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.