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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	Latvia
Dec 31, 1999	138	51,181	2,386
Dec 31, 2000	141	52,782	2,363
Dec 31, 2001	144	54,453	2,333
Dec 31, 2002	147	56,170	2,306
Dec 31, 2003	151	57,860	2,284
Dec 31, 2004	154	59,599	2,259
Dec 31, 2005	158	61,474	2,235
Dec 31, 2006	161	63,479	2,215
Dec 31, 2007	165	65,590	2,197
Dec 31, 2008	168	67,800	2,174
Dec 31, 2009	172	70,114	2,138
Dec 31, 2010	176	72,550	2,093
Dec 31, 2011	180	75,138	2,055
Dec 31, 2012	183	77,792	2,030
Dec 31, 2013	187	80,534	2,009
Dec 31, 2014	190	83,368	1,991
Dec 31, 2015	194	86,229	1,974
Dec 31, 2016	198	89,193	1,956
Dec 31, 2017	201	92,209	1,938
Dec 31, 2018	204	95,232	1,923
Dec 31, 2019	208	98,320	1,910
Dec 31, 2020	212	101,499	1,897
Dec 31, 2021	216	104,767	1,880
Dec 31, 2022	220	108,171	1,883

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