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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	Puerto Rico	Sudan	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	3,800	26,168	138
Dec 31, 2000	3,811	26,771	141
Dec 31, 2001	3,819	27,387	144
Dec 31, 2002	3,824	28,017	147
Dec 31, 2003	3,826	28,662	151
Dec 31, 2004	3,827	29,321	154
Dec 31, 2005	3,822	29,996	158
Dec 31, 2006	3,805	30,686	161
Dec 31, 2007	3,783	31,393	165
Dec 31, 2008	3,761	32,137	168
Dec 31, 2009	3,741	33,078	172
Dec 31, 2010	3,722	33,891	176
Dec 31, 2011	3,679	34,568	180
Dec 31, 2012	3,636	35,293	183
Dec 31, 2013	3,589	36,093	187
Dec 31, 2014	3,534	37,058	190
Dec 31, 2015	3,473	38,165	194
Dec 31, 2016	3,411	39,294	198
Dec 31, 2017	3,352	40,512	201
Dec 31, 2018	3,295	41,764	204
Dec 31, 2019	3,268	42,952	208
Dec 31, 2020	3,247	44,121	212
Dec 31, 2021	3,232	45,290	216
Dec 31, 2022	3,228	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 Puerto Rico, Sudan, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.