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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	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	138	2,348	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	141	2,403	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	144	2,457	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	147	2,510	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	151	2,562	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	154	2,613	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	158	2,663	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	161	2,713	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	165	2,764	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	168	2,816	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	172	2,871	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	176	2,928	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	180	2,986	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	183	3,047	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	187	3,110	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	190	3,174	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	194	3,240	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	198	3,307	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	201	3,375	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	204	3,444	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	208	3,512	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	212	3,582	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	216	3,651	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	220	3,696	23,796

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, Oman, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.