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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Nigeria	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	121,649	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	125,014	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	128,513	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	132,165	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	135,971	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	139,900	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	143,914	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	148,019	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	152,195	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	156,434	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	160,751	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	165,142	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	169,607	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	174,142	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	178,737	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	183,362	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	187,979	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	192,594	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	197,417	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	202,498	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	207,699	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	213,021	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	218,473	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	223,735	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

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 Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.