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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	Saudi Arabia	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	19,964	138
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	20,426	141
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	20,956	144
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	21,549	147
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	22,189	151
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	22,850	154
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	23,516	158
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	24,178	161
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	24,841	165
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	25,518	168
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	26,227	172
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	27,068	176
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	27,810	180
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	28,516	183
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	29,220	187
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	29,936	190
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	30,646	194
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	31,360	198
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	32,184	201
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	32,869	204
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	33,661	208
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	34,542	212
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	33,651	216
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	34,081	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

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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