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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	Estonia	Congo - Kinshasa	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	1,378	51,181	138
Dec 31, 2000	1,400	52,782	141
Dec 31, 2001	1,391	54,453	144
Dec 31, 2002	1,382	56,170	147
Dec 31, 2003	1,374	57,860	151
Dec 31, 2004	1,365	59,599	154
Dec 31, 2005	1,357	61,474	158
Dec 31, 2006	1,349	63,479	161
Dec 31, 2007	1,341	65,590	165
Dec 31, 2008	1,337	67,800	168
Dec 31, 2009	1,334	70,114	172
Dec 31, 2010	1,332	72,550	176
Dec 31, 2011	1,328	75,138	180
Dec 31, 2012	1,324	77,792	183
Dec 31, 2013	1,319	80,534	187
Dec 31, 2014	1,314	83,368	190
Dec 31, 2015	1,312	86,229	194
Dec 31, 2016	1,314	89,193	198
Dec 31, 2017	1,314	92,209	201
Dec 31, 2018	1,318	95,232	204
Dec 31, 2019	1,323	98,320	208
Dec 31, 2020	1,327	101,499	212
Dec 31, 2021	1,329	104,767	216
Dec 31, 2022	1,330	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 Estonia, Congo - Kinshasa, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.