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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	Lebanon	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	138	3,460	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	141	3,499	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	144	3,554	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	147	3,610	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	151	3,665	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	154	3,721	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	158	3,777	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	161	3,853	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	165	3,954	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	168	4,036	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	172	4,082	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	176	4,097	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	180	4,115	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	183	4,206	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	187	4,696	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	190	5,365	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	194	5,640	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	198	5,688	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	201	5,680	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	204	5,562	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	208	5,331	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	212	4,986	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	216	4,802	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	220	4,713	3,696

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

Lebanon

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

No separate list is published for São Tomé & Príncipe, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.