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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malawi	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	11,310	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	11,658	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	12,020	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	12,395	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	12,786	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	13,196	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	13,625	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	14,072	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	14,539	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	15,026	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	15,525	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	16,028	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	16,534	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	17,042	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	17,551	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	18,060	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	18,571	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	19,086	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	19,603	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	20,122	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	20,640	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	21,159	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	21,677	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	22,239	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

Malawi

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.