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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	Cyprus	Congo - Kinshasa	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	818	51,181	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	826	52,782	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	835	54,453	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	845	56,170	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	855	57,860	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	867	59,599	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	879	61,474	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	894	63,479	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	913	65,590	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	937	67,800	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	962	70,114	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	988	72,550	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	1,013	75,138	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	1,029	77,792	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	1,026	80,534	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	1,015	83,368	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	1,009	86,229	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	1,014	89,193	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	1,023	92,209	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	1,036	95,232	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	1,050	98,320	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	1,062	101,499	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	1,072	104,767	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	1,087	108,171	46,498

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