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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	Afghanistan	Albania	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	3,085	138
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	3,065	141
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	3,047	144
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	3,038	147
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	3,026	151
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	3,014	154
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	2,998	158
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	2,979	161
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	2,957	165
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	2,934	168
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	2,915	172
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	2,900	176
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	2,892	180
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	2,888	183
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	2,882	187
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	2,876	190
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	2,868	194
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	2,863	198
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	2,861	201
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	2,854	204
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	2,842	208
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	2,825	212
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	2,799	216
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	2,787	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 Afghanistan, Albania, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.