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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	Central African Republic	Lithuania	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	3,419	138
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	3,395	141
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	3,367	144
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	3,340	147
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	3,313	151
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	3,276	154
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	3,223	158
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	3,172	161
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	3,134	165
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	3,102	168
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	3,068	172
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	3,004	176
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	2,937	180
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	2,898	183
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	2,869	187
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	2,844	190
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	2,818	194
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	2,782	198
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	2,744	201
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	2,718	204
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	2,710	208
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	2,711	212
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	2,724	216
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	2,748	220

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 Central African Republic, Lithuania, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.