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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	Barbados	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	138	273	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	141	274	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	144	275	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	147	276	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	151	278	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	154	279	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	158	280	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	161	281	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	165	282	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	168	283	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	172	285	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	176	286	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	180	287	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	183	288	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	187	289	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	190	290	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	194	291	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	198	291	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	201	292	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	204	293	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	208	294	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	212	294	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	216	295	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	220	295	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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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, Barbados, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.