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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	Madagascar
Dec 31, 1999	138	2,348	15,259
Dec 31, 2000	141	2,403	15,707
Dec 31, 2001	144	2,457	16,162
Dec 31, 2002	147	2,510	16,631
Dec 31, 2003	151	2,562	17,114
Dec 31, 2004	154	2,613	17,610
Dec 31, 2005	158	2,663	18,120
Dec 31, 2006	161	2,713	18,641
Dec 31, 2007	165	2,764	19,173
Dec 31, 2008	168	2,816	19,717
Dec 31, 2009	172	2,871	20,272
Dec 31, 2010	176	2,928	20,837
Dec 31, 2011	180	2,986	21,413
Dec 31, 2012	183	3,047	21,999
Dec 31, 2013	187	3,110	22,593
Dec 31, 2014	190	3,174	23,196
Dec 31, 2015	194	3,240	23,806
Dec 31, 2016	198	3,307	24,423
Dec 31, 2017	201	3,375	25,044
Dec 31, 2018	204	3,444	25,671
Dec 31, 2019	208	3,512	26,302
Dec 31, 2020	212	3,582	26,936
Dec 31, 2021	216	3,651	27,573
Dec 31, 2022	220	3,696	28,237

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