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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	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	51,181	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	52,782	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	54,453	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	56,170	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	57,860	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	59,599	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	61,474	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	63,479	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	65,590	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	67,800	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	70,114	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	72,550	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	75,138	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	77,792	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	80,534	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	83,368	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	86,229	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	89,193	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	92,209	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	95,232	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	98,320	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	101,499	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	104,767	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	108,171	46,498

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, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.