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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	United Arab Emirates	Congo - Kinshasa	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	3,101	51,181	138
Dec 31, 2000	3,284	52,782	141
Dec 31, 2001	3,458	54,453	144
Dec 31, 2002	3,613	56,170	147
Dec 31, 2003	3,754	57,860	151
Dec 31, 2004	3,882	59,599	154
Dec 31, 2005	4,000	61,474	158
Dec 31, 2006	4,532	63,479	161
Dec 31, 2007	5,623	65,590	165
Dec 31, 2008	7,277	67,800	168
Dec 31, 2009	8,164	70,114	172
Dec 31, 2010	8,152	72,550	176
Dec 31, 2011	8,438	75,138	180
Dec 31, 2012	8,747	77,792	183
Dec 31, 2013	9,077	80,534	187
Dec 31, 2014	9,321	83,368	190
Dec 31, 2015	9,461	86,229	194
Dec 31, 2016	9,587	89,193	198
Dec 31, 2017	9,699	92,209	201
Dec 31, 2018	9,796	95,232	204
Dec 31, 2019	9,879	98,320	208
Dec 31, 2020	9,953	101,499	212
Dec 31, 2021	10,018	104,767	216
Dec 31, 2022	10,099	108,171	220

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 United Arab Emirates, Congo - Kinshasa, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.