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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Nicaragua
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	4,778
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	4,866
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	4,952
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	5,036
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	5,116
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	5,193
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	5,267
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	5,338
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	5,408
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	5,476
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	5,541
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	5,604
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	5,666
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	5,728
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	5,789
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	5,849
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	5,908
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	5,967
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	6,026
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	6,085
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	6,170
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	6,255
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	6,343
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	6,433

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, Nicaragua; the database as a whole is cited above.