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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	São Tomé & Príncipe	Congo - Kinshasa	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	138	51,181	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	141	52,782	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	144	54,453	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	147	56,170	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	151	57,860	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	154	59,599	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	158	61,474	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	161	63,479	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	165	65,590	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	168	67,800	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	172	70,114	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	176	72,550	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	180	75,138	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	183	77,792	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	187	80,534	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	190	83,368	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	194	86,229	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	198	89,193	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	201	92,209	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	204	95,232	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	208	98,320	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	212	101,499	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	216	104,767	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	220	108,171	7,387

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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.