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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Denmark	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	138	5,322	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	141	5,339	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	144	5,358	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	147	5,377	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	151	5,391	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	154	5,404	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	158	5,420	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	161	5,438	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	165	5,461	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	168	5,494	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	172	5,524	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	176	5,548	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	180	5,571	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	183	5,592	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	187	5,614	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	190	5,644	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	194	5,683	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	198	5,730	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	201	5,766	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	204	5,795	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	208	5,818	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	212	5,831	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	216	5,855	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	220	5,907	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 São Tomé & Príncipe, Denmark, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.