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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	138	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	141	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	144	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	147	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	151	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	154	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	158	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	161	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	165	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	168	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	172	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	176	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	180	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	183	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	187	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	190	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	194	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	198	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	201	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	204	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	208	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	212	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	216	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	220	2,787

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, São Tomé & Príncipe, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.