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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	Dominica	Central African Republic	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	70	3,889	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	71	3,980	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	71	4,054	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	72	4,128	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	72	4,215	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	72	4,289	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	72	4,363	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	72	4,449	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	72	4,544	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	73	4,641	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	73	4,742	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	73	4,845	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	73	4,950	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	73	5,057	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	73	5,167	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	73	5,278	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	74	5,392	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	74	5,507	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	74	5,625	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	74	5,745	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	75	5,874	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	75	6,025	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	76	6,154	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	76	6,291	7,387

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 Dominica, Central African Republic, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.