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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	138	51,181	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	141	52,782	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	144	54,453	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	147	56,170	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	151	57,860	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	154	59,599	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	158	61,474	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	161	63,479	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	165	65,590	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	168	67,800	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	172	70,114	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	176	72,550	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	180	75,138	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	183	77,792	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	187	80,534	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	190	83,368	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	194	86,229	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	198	89,193	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	201	92,209	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	204	95,232	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	208	98,320	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	212	101,499	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	216	104,767	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	220	108,171	29,417

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.