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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	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	51,181	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	52,782	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	54,453	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	56,170	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	57,860	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	59,599	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	61,474	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	63,479	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	65,590	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	67,800	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	70,114	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	72,550	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	75,138	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	77,792	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	80,534	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	83,368	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	86,229	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	89,193	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	92,209	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	95,232	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	98,320	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	101,499	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	104,767	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	108,171	6,910

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, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.