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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	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	138	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	141	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	144	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	147	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	151	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	154	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	158	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	161	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	165	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	168	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	172	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	176	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	180	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	183	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	187	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	190	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	194	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	198	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	201	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	204	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	208	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	212	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	216	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	220	5,556

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

Finland

1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

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