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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Sudan	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	26,168	422
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	26,771	430
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	27,387	438
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	28,017	447
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	28,662	455
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	29,321	463
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	29,996	471
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	30,686	478
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	31,393	486
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	32,137	494
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	33,078	501
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	33,891	509
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	34,568	516
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	35,293	524
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	36,093	531
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	37,058	539
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	38,165	546
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	39,294	553
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	40,512	562
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	41,764	568
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	42,952	574
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	44,121	580
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	45,290	585
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	46,498	590

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, Sudan, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.