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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	Madagascar	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	15,259	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	15,707	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	16,162	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	16,631	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	17,114	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	17,610	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	18,120	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	18,641	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	19,173	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	19,717	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	20,272	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	20,837	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	21,413	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	21,999	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	22,593	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	23,196	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	23,806	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	24,423	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	25,044	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	25,671	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	26,302	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	26,936	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	27,573	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	28,237	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 Madagascar, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.