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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	Seychelles	Burkina Faso	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	78	11,075	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	79	11,405	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	80	11,828	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	81	12,380	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	82	12,829	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	83	13,178	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	84	13,540	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	85	13,917	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	86	14,309	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	87	14,722	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	87	15,152	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	88	15,600	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	89	16,064	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	90	16,563	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	91	17,072	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	92	17,575	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	92	18,094	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	93	18,621	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	94	19,157	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	95	19,698	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	96	20,242	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	97	20,788	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	98	21,336	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	98	21,889	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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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 Seychelles, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.