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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Mali	Congo - Kinshasa	Nigeria
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	51,181	121,649
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	52,782	125,014
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	54,453	128,513
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	56,170	132,165
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	57,860	135,971
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	59,599	139,900
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	61,474	143,914
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	63,479	148,019
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	65,590	152,195
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	67,800	156,434
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	70,114	160,751
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	72,550	165,142
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	75,138	169,607
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	77,792	174,142
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	80,534	178,737
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	83,368	183,362
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	86,229	187,979
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	89,193	192,594
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	92,209	197,417
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	95,232	202,498
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	98,320	207,699
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	101,499	213,021
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	104,767	218,473
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	108,171	223,735

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

Nigeria

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Mali, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.