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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	Lithuania
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	138	3,419
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	141	3,395
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	144	3,367
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	147	3,340
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	151	3,313
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	154	3,276
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	158	3,223
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	161	3,172
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	165	3,134
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	168	3,102
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	172	3,068
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	176	3,004
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	180	2,937
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	183	2,898
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	187	2,869
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	190	2,844
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	194	2,818
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	198	2,782
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	201	2,744
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	204	2,718
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	208	2,710
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	212	2,711
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	216	2,724
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	220	2,748

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, Lithuania; the database as a whole is cited above.