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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Nigeria	Congo - Kinshasa	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	121,649	51,181	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	125,014	52,782	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	128,513	54,453	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	132,165	56,170	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	135,971	57,860	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	139,900	59,599	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	143,914	61,474	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	148,019	63,479	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	152,195	65,590	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	156,434	67,800	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	160,751	70,114	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	165,142	72,550	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	169,607	75,138	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	174,142	77,792	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	178,737	80,534	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	183,362	83,368	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	187,979	86,229	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	192,594	89,193	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	197,417	92,209	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	202,498	95,232	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	207,699	98,320	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	213,021	101,499	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	218,473	104,767	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	223,735	108,171	6,291

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.