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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	Yemen	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	16,728	138
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	17,236	141
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	17,762	144
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	18,310	147
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	18,855	151
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	19,410	154
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	20,000	158
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	20,611	161
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	21,236	165
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	21,878	168
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	22,533	172
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	23,195	176
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	23,880	180
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	24,594	183
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	25,311	187
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	26,020	190
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	26,698	194
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	27,347	198
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	27,985	201
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	28,608	204
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	29,216	208
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	29,811	212
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	30,399	216
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	31,058	220

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, Yemen, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.