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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	Oman	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	138	3,085	2,348	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	141	3,065	2,403	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	144	3,047	2,457	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	147	3,038	2,510	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	151	3,026	2,562	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	154	3,014	2,613	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	158	2,998	2,663	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	161	2,979	2,713	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	165	2,957	2,764	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	168	2,934	2,816	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	172	2,915	2,871	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	176	2,900	2,928	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	180	2,892	2,986	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	183	2,888	3,047	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	187	2,882	3,110	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	190	2,876	3,174	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	194	2,868	3,240	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	198	2,863	3,307	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	201	2,861	3,375	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	204	2,854	3,444	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	208	2,842	3,512	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	212	2,825	3,582	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	216	2,799	3,651	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	220	2,787	3,696	3,570

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.

All data sources

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