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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	São Tomé & Príncipe	Bangladesh	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	138	132,907	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	141	135,207	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	144	137,420	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	147	139,573	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	151	141,650	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	154	143,644	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	158	145,546	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	161	147,376	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	165	149,047	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	168	150,562	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	172	152,189	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	176	153,927	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	180	155,634	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	183	157,326	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	187	158,999	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	190	160,650	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	194	162,273	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	198	163,938	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	201	165,655	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	204	167,358	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	208	169,045	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	212	170,709	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	216	172,354	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	220	174,217	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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for São Tomé & Príncipe, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.