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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	Barbados	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	273	138
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	274	141
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	275	144
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	276	147
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	278	151
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	279	154
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	280	158
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	281	161
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	282	165
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	283	168
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	285	172
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	286	176
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	287	180
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	288	183
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	289	187
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	290	190
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	291	194
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	291	198
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	292	201
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	293	204
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	294	208
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	294	212
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	295	216
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	295	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, Barbados, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.