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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	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	138	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	141	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	144	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	147	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	151	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	154	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	158	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	161	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	165	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	168	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	172	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	176	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	180	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	183	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	187	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	190	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	194	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	198	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	201	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	204	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	208	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	212	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	216	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	220	2,048

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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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