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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	Central African Republic	Congo - Kinshasa	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	51,181	422
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	52,782	430
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	54,453	438
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	56,170	447
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	57,860	455
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	59,599	463
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	61,474	471
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	63,479	478
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	65,590	486
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	67,800	494
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	70,114	501
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	72,550	509
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	75,138	516
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	77,792	524
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	80,534	531
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	83,368	539
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	86,229	546
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	89,193	553
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	92,209	562
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	95,232	568
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	98,320	574
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	101,499	580
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	104,767	585
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	108,171	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 Central African Republic, Congo - Kinshasa, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.