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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	Moldova	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	138	4,244	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	141	4,199	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	144	4,154	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	147	4,108	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	151	4,059	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	154	4,013	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	158	3,966	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	161	3,919	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	165	3,873	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	168	3,829	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	172	3,788	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	176	3,748	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	180	3,709	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	183	3,671	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	187	3,633	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	190	3,595	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	194	3,558	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	198	3,522	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	201	3,485	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	204	3,448	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	208	3,412	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	212	3,376	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	216	3,339	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	220	3,570	46,498

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, Moldova, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.