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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	Lesotho
Dec 31, 1999	26,168	51,181	1,908
Dec 31, 2000	26,771	52,782	1,916
Dec 31, 2001	27,387	54,453	1,922
Dec 31, 2002	28,017	56,170	1,926
Dec 31, 2003	28,662	57,860	1,926
Dec 31, 2004	29,321	59,599	1,925
Dec 31, 2005	29,996	61,474	1,922
Dec 31, 2006	30,686	63,479	1,919
Dec 31, 2007	31,393	65,590	1,917
Dec 31, 2008	32,137	67,800	1,915
Dec 31, 2009	33,078	70,114	1,916
Dec 31, 2010	33,891	72,550	1,920
Dec 31, 2011	34,568	75,138	1,925
Dec 31, 2012	35,293	77,792	1,930
Dec 31, 2013	36,093	80,534	1,936
Dec 31, 2014	37,058	83,368	1,942
Dec 31, 2015	38,165	86,229	1,948
Dec 31, 2016	39,294	89,193	1,953
Dec 31, 2017	40,512	92,209	1,958
Dec 31, 2018	41,764	95,232	1,962
Dec 31, 2019	42,952	98,320	1,987
Dec 31, 2020	44,121	101,499	2,013
Dec 31, 2021	45,290	104,767	2,037
Dec 31, 2022	46,498	108,171	2,059

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, Lesotho; the database as a whole is cited above.