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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	Mauritania
Dec 31, 1999	138	2,348	2,437
Dec 31, 2000	141	2,403	2,501
Dec 31, 2001	144	2,457	2,566
Dec 31, 2002	147	2,510	2,632
Dec 31, 2003	151	2,562	2,699
Dec 31, 2004	154	2,613	2,768
Dec 31, 2005	158	2,663	2,838
Dec 31, 2006	161	2,713	2,909
Dec 31, 2007	165	2,764	2,981
Dec 31, 2008	168	2,816	3,055
Dec 31, 2009	172	2,871	3,129
Dec 31, 2010	176	2,928	3,205
Dec 31, 2011	180	2,986	3,282
Dec 31, 2012	183	3,047	3,359
Dec 31, 2013	187	3,110	3,438
Dec 31, 2014	190	3,174	3,517
Dec 31, 2015	194	3,240	3,597
Dec 31, 2016	198	3,307	3,677
Dec 31, 2017	201	3,375	3,759
Dec 31, 2018	204	3,444	3,840
Dec 31, 2019	208	3,512	3,942
Dec 31, 2020	212	3,582	4,045
Dec 31, 2021	216	3,651	4,150
Dec 31, 2022	220	3,696	4,259

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