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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	26,168	138	273
Dec 31, 2000	26,771	141	274
Dec 31, 2001	27,387	144	275
Dec 31, 2002	28,017	147	276
Dec 31, 2003	28,662	151	278
Dec 31, 2004	29,321	154	279
Dec 31, 2005	29,996	158	280
Dec 31, 2006	30,686	161	281
Dec 31, 2007	31,393	165	282
Dec 31, 2008	32,137	168	283
Dec 31, 2009	33,078	172	285
Dec 31, 2010	33,891	176	286
Dec 31, 2011	34,568	180	287
Dec 31, 2012	35,293	183	288
Dec 31, 2013	36,093	187	289
Dec 31, 2014	37,058	190	290
Dec 31, 2015	38,165	194	291
Dec 31, 2016	39,294	198	291
Dec 31, 2017	40,512	201	292
Dec 31, 2018	41,764	204	293
Dec 31, 2019	42,952	208	294
Dec 31, 2020	44,121	212	294
Dec 31, 2021	45,290	216	295
Dec 31, 2022	46,498	220	295

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, São Tomé & Príncipe, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.