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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	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	138	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	141	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	144	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	147	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	151	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	154	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	158	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	161	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	165	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	168	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	172	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	176	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	180	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	183	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	187	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	190	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	194	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	198	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	201	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	204	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	208	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	212	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	216	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	220	34,081

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

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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