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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Venezuela	Central African Republic	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	23,188	3,889	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	23,601	3,980	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	24,011	4,054	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	24,425	4,128	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	24,841	4,215	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	25,255	4,289	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	25,667	4,363	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	26,079	4,449	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	26,589	4,544	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	27,098	4,641	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	27,510	4,742	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	27,920	4,845	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	28,327	4,950	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	28,722	5,057	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	29,111	5,167	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	29,418	5,278	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	29,693	5,392	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	29,961	5,507	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	29,856	5,625	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	28,858	5,745	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	27,921	5,874	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	27,871	6,025	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	28,316	6,154	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	28,418	6,291	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

Venezuela

1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

No separate list is published for Central African Republic, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.