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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	Sudan	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	1,378	26,168	138
Dec 31, 2000	1,400	26,771	141
Dec 31, 2001	1,391	27,387	144
Dec 31, 2002	1,382	28,017	147
Dec 31, 2003	1,374	28,662	151
Dec 31, 2004	1,365	29,321	154
Dec 31, 2005	1,357	29,996	158
Dec 31, 2006	1,349	30,686	161
Dec 31, 2007	1,341	31,393	165
Dec 31, 2008	1,337	32,137	168
Dec 31, 2009	1,334	33,078	172
Dec 31, 2010	1,332	33,891	176
Dec 31, 2011	1,328	34,568	180
Dec 31, 2012	1,324	35,293	183
Dec 31, 2013	1,319	36,093	187
Dec 31, 2014	1,314	37,058	190
Dec 31, 2015	1,312	38,165	194
Dec 31, 2016	1,314	39,294	198
Dec 31, 2017	1,314	40,512	201
Dec 31, 2018	1,318	41,764	204
Dec 31, 2019	1,323	42,952	208
Dec 31, 2020	1,327	44,121	212
Dec 31, 2021	1,329	45,290	216
Dec 31, 2022	1,330	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 Estonia, Sudan, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.