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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Sierra Leone	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	3,736	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	3,809	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	4,043	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	4,287	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	4,466	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	4,602	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	4,708	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	4,818	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	4,918	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	5,023	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	5,132	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	5,246	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	5,364	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	5,486	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	5,613	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	5,744	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	5,879	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	6,019	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	6,163	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	6,312	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	6,461	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	6,611	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	6,761	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	6,910	18,494

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