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Chad
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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	Chad	Malawi
Dec 31, 1999	7,559	11,310
Dec 31, 2000	7,821	11,658
Dec 31, 2001	8,092	12,020
Dec 31, 2002	8,395	12,395
Dec 31, 2003	8,763	12,786
Dec 31, 2004	9,191	13,196
Dec 31, 2005	9,594	13,625
Dec 31, 2006	9,967	14,072
Dec 31, 2007	10,338	14,539
Dec 31, 2008	10,728	15,026
Dec 31, 2009	11,139	15,525
Dec 31, 2010	11,550	16,028
Dec 31, 2011	11,983	16,534
Dec 31, 2012	12,427	17,042
Dec 31, 2013	12,895	17,551
Dec 31, 2014	13,379	18,060
Dec 31, 2015	13,823	18,571
Dec 31, 2016	14,277	19,086
Dec 31, 2017	14,765	19,603
Dec 31, 2018	15,252	20,122
Dec 31, 2019	15,750	20,640
Dec 31, 2020	16,257	21,159
Dec 31, 2021	16,776	21,677
Dec 31, 2022	17,307	22,239

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

Malawi

1904-1950: 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 Chad; the database as a whole is cited above.