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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	North Macedonia	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	2,006	138
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	2,017	141
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	2,026	144
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	2,011	147
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	2,018	151
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	2,024	154
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	2,028	158
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	2,031	161
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	2,035	165
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	2,038	168
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	2,042	172
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	2,046	176
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	2,049	180
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	2,052	183
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	2,055	187
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	2,058	190
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	2,061	194
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	2,063	198
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	2,065	201
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	2,067	204
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	2,068	208
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	2,065	212
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	2,057	216
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	2,048	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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Central African Republic, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.