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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	Sudan	Moldova	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	26,168	4,244	138
Dec 31, 2000	26,771	4,199	141
Dec 31, 2001	27,387	4,154	144
Dec 31, 2002	28,017	4,108	147
Dec 31, 2003	28,662	4,059	151
Dec 31, 2004	29,321	4,013	154
Dec 31, 2005	29,996	3,966	158
Dec 31, 2006	30,686	3,919	161
Dec 31, 2007	31,393	3,873	165
Dec 31, 2008	32,137	3,829	168
Dec 31, 2009	33,078	3,788	172
Dec 31, 2010	33,891	3,748	176
Dec 31, 2011	34,568	3,709	180
Dec 31, 2012	35,293	3,671	183
Dec 31, 2013	36,093	3,633	187
Dec 31, 2014	37,058	3,595	190
Dec 31, 2015	38,165	3,558	194
Dec 31, 2016	39,294	3,522	198
Dec 31, 2017	40,512	3,485	201
Dec 31, 2018	41,764	3,448	204
Dec 31, 2019	42,952	3,412	208
Dec 31, 2020	44,121	3,376	212
Dec 31, 2021	45,290	3,339	216
Dec 31, 2022	46,498	3,570	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 Sudan, Moldova, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.