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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Central African Republic	Sudan	Congo - Brazzaville
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	26,168	2,886
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	26,771	2,999
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	27,387	3,113
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	28,017	3,181
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	28,662	3,274
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	29,321	3,400
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	29,996	3,543
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	30,686	3,702
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	31,393	3,859
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	32,137	3,989
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	33,078	4,146
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	33,891	4,324
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	34,568	4,468
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	35,293	4,581
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	36,093	4,667
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	37,058	4,757
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	38,165	4,851
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	39,294	4,951
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	40,512	5,055
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	41,764	5,164
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	42,952	5,279
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	44,121	5,400
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	45,290	5,527
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	46,498	5,655

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

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