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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Nigeria	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	121,649	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	125,014	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	128,513	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	132,165	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	135,971	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	139,900	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	143,914	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	148,019	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	152,195	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	156,434	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	160,751	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	165,142	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	169,607	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	174,142	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	178,737	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	183,362	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	187,979	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	192,594	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	197,417	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	202,498	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	207,699	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	213,021	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	218,473	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	223,735	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

Nigeria

1885-1950: 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.