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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	Palestinian Territories	Sudan	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	2,996	26,168	138
Dec 31, 2000	3,075	26,771	141
Dec 31, 2001	3,155	27,387	144
Dec 31, 2002	3,235	28,017	147
Dec 31, 2003	3,315	28,662	151
Dec 31, 2004	3,396	29,321	154
Dec 31, 2005	3,478	29,996	158
Dec 31, 2006	3,559	30,686	161
Dec 31, 2007	3,642	31,393	165
Dec 31, 2008	3,727	32,137	168
Dec 31, 2009	3,817	33,078	172
Dec 31, 2010	3,907	33,891	176
Dec 31, 2011	3,997	34,568	180
Dec 31, 2012	4,088	35,293	183
Dec 31, 2013	4,178	36,093	187
Dec 31, 2014	4,269	37,058	190
Dec 31, 2015	4,359	38,165	194
Dec 31, 2016	4,451	39,294	198
Dec 31, 2017	4,533	40,512	201
Dec 31, 2018	4,615	41,764	204
Dec 31, 2019	4,715	42,952	208
Dec 31, 2020	4,820	44,121	212
Dec 31, 2021	4,930	45,290	216
Dec 31, 2022	5,042	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 Palestinian Territories, Sudan, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.