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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	Afghanistan	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	6,291

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 Afghanistan, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.