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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Central African Republic	Congo - Kinshasa	Kuwait
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	51,181	1,926
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	52,782	1,982
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	54,453	2,038
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	56,170	2,094
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	57,860	2,151
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	59,599	2,208
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	61,474	2,268
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	63,479	2,329
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	65,590	2,388
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	67,800	2,446
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	70,114	2,502
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	72,550	2,556
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	75,138	2,609
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	77,792	2,660
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	80,534	2,710
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	83,368	2,757
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	86,229	2,804
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	89,193	2,848
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	92,209	2,891
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	95,232	2,933
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	98,320	2,972
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	101,499	3,011
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	104,767	3,048
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	108,171	3,061

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 Central African Republic, Congo - Kinshasa, Kuwait; the database as a whole is cited above.