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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	Vietnam
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	51,181	78,394
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	52,782	79,472
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	54,453	80,546
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	56,170	81,637
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	57,860	82,720
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	59,599	83,821
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	61,474	84,942
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	63,479	86,036
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	65,590	87,136
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	67,800	88,253
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	70,114	89,373
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	72,550	90,481
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	75,138	91,591
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	77,792	92,720
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	80,534	93,883
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	83,368	95,055
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	86,229	96,222
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	89,193	97,380
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	92,209	98,507
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	95,232	99,604
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	98,320	100,695
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	101,499	101,771
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	104,767	102,815
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	108,171	103,574

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