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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Albania	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	138	3,085	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	141	3,065	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	144	3,047	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	147	3,038	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	151	3,026	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	154	3,014	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	158	2,998	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	161	2,979	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	165	2,957	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	168	2,934	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	172	2,915	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	176	2,900	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	180	2,892	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	183	2,888	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	187	2,882	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	190	2,876	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	194	2,868	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	198	2,863	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	201	2,861	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	204	2,854	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	208	2,842	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	212	2,825	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	216	2,799	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	220	2,787	39,252

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