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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	Madagascar	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	15,259	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	15,707	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	16,162	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	16,631	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	17,114	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	17,610	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	18,120	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	18,641	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	19,173	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	19,717	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	20,272	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	20,837	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	21,413	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	21,999	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	22,593	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	23,196	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	23,806	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	24,423	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	25,044	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	25,671	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	26,302	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	26,936	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	27,573	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	28,237	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 Madagascar, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.