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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Brazzaville	Sudan	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	2,886	26,168	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	2,999	26,771	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	3,113	27,387	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	3,181	28,017	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	3,274	28,662	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	3,400	29,321	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	3,543	29,996	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	3,702	30,686	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	3,859	31,393	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	3,989	32,137	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	4,146	33,078	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	4,324	33,891	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	4,468	34,568	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	4,581	35,293	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	4,667	36,093	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	4,757	37,058	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	4,851	38,165	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	4,951	39,294	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	5,055	40,512	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	5,164	41,764	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	5,279	42,952	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	5,400	44,121	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	5,527	45,290	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	5,655	46,498	108,171

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 Congo - Brazzaville, Sudan, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.