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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	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	138	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	141	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	144	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	147	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	151	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	154	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	158	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	161	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	165	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	168	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	172	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	176	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	180	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	183	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	187	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	190	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	194	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	198	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	201	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	204	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	208	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	212	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	216	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	220	19,715

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

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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