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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	Oman	Congo - Kinshasa	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	138	2,348	51,181	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	141	2,403	52,782	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	144	2,457	54,453	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	147	2,510	56,170	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	151	2,562	57,860	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	154	2,613	59,599	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	158	2,663	61,474	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	161	2,713	63,479	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	165	2,764	65,590	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	168	2,816	67,800	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	172	2,871	70,114	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	176	2,928	72,550	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	180	2,986	75,138	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	183	3,047	77,792	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	187	3,110	80,534	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	190	3,174	83,368	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	194	3,240	86,229	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	198	3,307	89,193	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	201	3,375	92,209	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	204	3,444	95,232	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	208	3,512	98,320	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	212	3,582	101,499	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	216	3,651	104,767	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	220	3,696	108,171	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.

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