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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	Turkmenistan
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	138	4,324
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	141	4,385
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	144	4,444
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	147	4,502
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	151	4,556
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	154	4,608
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	158	4,664
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	161	4,719
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	165	4,773
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	168	4,828
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	172	4,884
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	176	4,940
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	180	4,996
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	183	5,053
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	187	5,110
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	190	5,169
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	194	5,227
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	198	5,287
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	201	5,346
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	204	5,405
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	208	5,464
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	212	5,522
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	216	5,579
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	220	5,657

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