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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Central African Republic	Congo - Kinshasa	Malawi
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	51,181	11,310
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	52,782	11,658
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	54,453	12,020
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	56,170	12,395
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	57,860	12,786
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	59,599	13,196
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	61,474	13,625
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	63,479	14,072
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	65,590	14,539
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	67,800	15,026
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	70,114	15,525
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	72,550	16,028
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	75,138	16,534
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	77,792	17,042
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	80,534	17,551
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	83,368	18,060
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	86,229	18,571
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	89,193	19,086
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	92,209	19,603
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	95,232	20,122
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	98,320	20,640
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	101,499	21,159
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	104,767	21,677
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	108,171	22,239

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

Malawi

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Central African Republic, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.