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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	Sudan	Congo - Kinshasa	Ethiopia
Dec 31, 1999	26,168	51,181	63,575
Dec 31, 2000	26,771	52,782	65,213
Dec 31, 2001	27,387	54,453	66,889
Dec 31, 2002	28,017	56,170	68,649
Dec 31, 2003	28,662	57,860	70,491
Dec 31, 2004	29,321	59,599	72,389
Dec 31, 2005	29,996	61,474	74,327
Dec 31, 2006	30,686	63,479	76,326
Dec 31, 2007	31,393	65,590	78,411
Dec 31, 2008	32,137	67,800	80,564
Dec 31, 2009	33,078	70,114	82,787
Dec 31, 2010	33,891	72,550	85,096
Dec 31, 2011	34,568	75,138	87,530
Dec 31, 2012	35,293	77,792	90,066
Dec 31, 2013	36,093	80,534	92,632
Dec 31, 2014	37,058	83,368	95,337
Dec 31, 2015	38,165	86,229	98,114
Dec 31, 2016	39,294	89,193	100,858
Dec 31, 2017	40,512	92,209	103,654
Dec 31, 2018	41,764	95,232	106,466
Dec 31, 2019	42,952	98,320	109,267
Dec 31, 2020	44,121	101,499	112,100
Dec 31, 2021	45,290	104,767	114,964
Dec 31, 2022	46,498	108,171	117,924

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 Sudan, Congo - Kinshasa, Ethiopia; the database as a whole is cited above.