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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	Libya	Congo - Kinshasa	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	4,993	51,181	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	5,116	52,782	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	5,237	54,453	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	5,357	56,170	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	5,476	57,860	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	5,595	59,599	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	5,715	61,474	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	5,835	63,479	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	5,967	65,590	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	6,115	67,800	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	6,270	70,114	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	6,432	72,550	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	6,144	75,138	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	5,849	77,792	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	6,010	80,534	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	6,163	83,368	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	6,291	86,229	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	6,415	89,193	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	6,549	92,209	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	6,689	95,232	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	6,826	98,320	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	6,960	101,499	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	7,088	104,767	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	7,169	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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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 Libya, Congo - Kinshasa, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.