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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	Qatar	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	78	627	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	79	659	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	80	691	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	81	724	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	82	757	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	83	850	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	84	1,001	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	85	1,153	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	86	1,306	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	87	1,460	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	87	1,615	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	88	1,770	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	89	1,904	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	90	2,010	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	91	2,103	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	92	2,187	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	92	2,261	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	93	2,326	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	94	2,384	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	95	2,435	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	96	2,480	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	97	2,519	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	98	2,553	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	98	2,559	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 Seychelles, Qatar, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.