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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	Singapore
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	51,181	3,959
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	52,782	4,028
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	54,453	4,138
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	56,170	4,176
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	57,860	4,115
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	59,599	4,167
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	61,474	4,266
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	63,479	4,401
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	65,590	4,589
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	67,800	4,839
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	70,114	4,988
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	72,550	5,077
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	75,138	5,184
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	77,792	5,312
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	80,534	5,399
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	83,368	5,470
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	86,229	5,535
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	89,193	5,607
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	92,209	5,612
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	95,232	5,639
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	98,320	5,704
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	101,499	5,686
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	104,767	5,716
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	108,171	5,750

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.

All data sources

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

Singapore

1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).

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