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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	Oman	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	138	51,181	2,348	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	141	52,782	2,403	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	144	54,453	2,457	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	147	56,170	2,510	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	151	57,860	2,562	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	154	59,599	2,613	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	158	61,474	2,663	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	161	63,479	2,713	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	165	65,590	2,764	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	168	67,800	2,816	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	172	70,114	2,871	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	176	72,550	2,928	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	180	75,138	2,986	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	183	77,792	3,047	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	187	80,534	3,110	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	190	83,368	3,174	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	194	86,229	3,240	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	198	89,193	3,307	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	201	92,209	3,375	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	204	95,232	3,444	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	208	98,320	3,512	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	212	101,499	3,582	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	216	104,767	3,651	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	220	108,171	3,696	5,907

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