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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	Seychelles	Congo - Kinshasa	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	78	51,181	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	79	52,782	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	80	54,453	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	81	56,170	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	82	57,860	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	83	59,599	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	84	61,474	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	85	63,479	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	86	65,590	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	87	67,800	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	87	70,114	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	88	72,550	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	89	75,138	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	90	77,792	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	91	80,534	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	92	83,368	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	92	86,229	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	93	89,193	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	94	92,209	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	95	95,232	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	96	98,320	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	97	101,499	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	98	104,767	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	98	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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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 Seychelles, Congo - Kinshasa, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.