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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	26,168	138	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	26,771	141	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	27,387	144	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	28,017	147	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	28,662	151	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	29,321	154	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	29,996	158	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	30,686	161	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	31,393	165	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	32,137	168	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	33,078	172	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	33,891	176	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	34,568	180	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	35,293	183	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	36,093	187	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	37,058	190	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	38,165	194	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	39,294	198	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	40,512	201	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	41,764	204	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	42,952	208	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	44,121	212	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	45,290	216	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	46,498	220	108,171

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, São Tomé & Príncipe, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.