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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	Cameroon	Congo - Kinshasa	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	15,483	51,181	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	15,913	52,782	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	16,354	54,453	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	16,815	56,170	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	17,289	57,860	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	17,764	59,599	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	18,249	61,474	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	18,746	63,479	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	19,278	65,590	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	19,843	67,800	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	20,419	70,114	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	21,002	72,550	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	21,586	75,138	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	22,181	77,792	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	22,800	80,534	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	23,513	83,368	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	24,273	86,229	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	24,995	89,193	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	25,680	92,209	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	26,373	95,232	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	27,114	98,320	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	27,878	101,499	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	28,663	104,767	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	29,417	108,171	18,494

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 Cameroon, Congo - Kinshasa, Mali; the database as a whole is cited above.