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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Eswatini	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	1,033	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	1,032	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	1,030	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	1,028	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	1,026	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	1,025	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	1,023	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	1,021	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	1,019	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	1,017	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	1,017	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	1,019	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	1,024	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	1,032	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	1,041	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	1,051	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	1,060	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	1,069	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	1,078	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	1,087	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	1,096	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	1,106	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	1,117	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	1,126	6,291

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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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, Eswatini, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.