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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	Niger	Congo - Kinshasa	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	10,424	51,181	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	10,785	52,782	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	11,170	54,453	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	11,580	56,170	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	12,015	57,860	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	12,472	59,599	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	12,954	61,474	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	13,459	63,479	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	13,986	65,590	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	14,532	67,800	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	15,092	70,114	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	15,669	72,550	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	16,263	75,138	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	16,903	77,792	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	17,569	80,534	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	18,242	83,368	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	18,957	86,229	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	19,708	89,193	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	20,462	92,209	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	21,228	95,232	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	22,023	98,320	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	22,842	101,499	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	23,691	104,767	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	24,587	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 Niger, Congo - Kinshasa, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.