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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	Benin	Sudan	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	26,168	138
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	26,771	141
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	27,387	144
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	28,017	147
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	28,662	151
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	29,321	154
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	29,996	158
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	30,686	161
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	31,393	165
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	32,137	168
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	33,078	172
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	33,891	176
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	34,568	180
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	35,293	183
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	36,093	187
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	37,058	190
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	38,165	194
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	39,294	198
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	40,512	201
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	41,764	204
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	42,952	208
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	44,121	212
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	45,290	216
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	46,498	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 Benin, Sudan, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.