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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	Iran
Dec 31, 1999	138	2,348	64,704
Dec 31, 2000	141	2,403	65,411
Dec 31, 2001	144	2,457	66,167
Dec 31, 2002	147	2,510	66,689
Dec 31, 2003	151	2,562	67,807
Dec 31, 2004	154	2,613	68,480
Dec 31, 2005	158	2,663	69,325
Dec 31, 2006	161	2,713	70,158
Dec 31, 2007	165	2,764	71,040
Dec 31, 2008	168	2,816	71,942
Dec 31, 2009	172	2,871	72,888
Dec 31, 2010	176	2,928	73,826
Dec 31, 2011	180	2,986	74,625
Dec 31, 2012	183	3,047	75,446
Dec 31, 2013	187	3,110	76,418
Dec 31, 2014	190	3,174	77,521
Dec 31, 2015	194	3,240	78,652
Dec 31, 2016	198	3,307	79,700
Dec 31, 2017	201	3,375	80,725
Dec 31, 2018	204	3,444	81,721
Dec 31, 2019	208	3,512	82,685
Dec 31, 2020	212	3,582	83,614
Dec 31, 2021	216	3,651	84,505
Dec 31, 2022	220	3,696	85,108

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

Iran

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.