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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	Turkmenistan
Dec 31, 1999	138	4,244	4,324
Dec 31, 2000	141	4,199	4,385
Dec 31, 2001	144	4,154	4,444
Dec 31, 2002	147	4,108	4,502
Dec 31, 2003	151	4,059	4,556
Dec 31, 2004	154	4,013	4,608
Dec 31, 2005	158	3,966	4,664
Dec 31, 2006	161	3,919	4,719
Dec 31, 2007	165	3,873	4,773
Dec 31, 2008	168	3,829	4,828
Dec 31, 2009	172	3,788	4,884
Dec 31, 2010	176	3,748	4,940
Dec 31, 2011	180	3,709	4,996
Dec 31, 2012	183	3,671	5,053
Dec 31, 2013	187	3,633	5,110
Dec 31, 2014	190	3,595	5,169
Dec 31, 2015	194	3,558	5,227
Dec 31, 2016	198	3,522	5,287
Dec 31, 2017	201	3,485	5,346
Dec 31, 2018	204	3,448	5,405
Dec 31, 2019	208	3,412	5,464
Dec 31, 2020	212	3,376	5,522
Dec 31, 2021	216	3,339	5,579
Dec 31, 2022	220	3,570	5,657

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, Turkmenistan; the database as a whole is cited above.