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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	Cape Verde	Paraguay	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	422	5,366	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	430	5,473	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	438	5,579	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	447	5,683	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	455	5,786	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	463	5,886	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	471	5,984	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	478	6,080	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	486	6,173	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	494	6,264	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	501	6,352	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	509	6,438	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	516	6,522	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	524	6,605	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	531	6,688	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	539	6,769	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	546	6,850	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	553	6,930	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	562	7,012	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	568	7,095	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	574	7,179	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	580	7,263	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	585	7,348	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	590	7,432	6,291

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 Cape Verde, Paraguay, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.