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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	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	138	51,181	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	141	52,782	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	144	54,453	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	147	56,170	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	151	57,860	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	154	59,599	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	158	61,474	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	161	63,479	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	165	65,590	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	168	67,800	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	172	70,114	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	176	72,550	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	180	75,138	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	183	77,792	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	187	80,534	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	190	83,368	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	194	86,229	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	198	89,193	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	201	92,209	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	204	95,232	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	208	98,320	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	212	101,499	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	216	104,767	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	220	108,171	6,910

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, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.