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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	Namibia
Dec 31, 1999	138	2,348	1,841
Dec 31, 2000	141	2,403	1,893
Dec 31, 2001	144	2,457	1,945
Dec 31, 2002	147	2,510	1,981
Dec 31, 2003	151	2,562	2,008
Dec 31, 2004	154	2,613	2,034
Dec 31, 2005	158	2,663	2,060
Dec 31, 2006	161	2,713	2,086
Dec 31, 2007	165	2,764	2,113
Dec 31, 2008	168	2,816	2,141
Dec 31, 2009	172	2,871	2,170
Dec 31, 2010	176	2,928	2,201
Dec 31, 2011	180	2,986	2,232
Dec 31, 2012	183	3,047	2,268
Dec 31, 2013	187	3,110	2,312
Dec 31, 2014	190	3,174	2,360
Dec 31, 2015	194	3,240	2,408
Dec 31, 2016	198	3,307	2,456
Dec 31, 2017	201	3,375	2,505
Dec 31, 2018	204	3,444	2,554
Dec 31, 2019	208	3,512	2,602
Dec 31, 2020	212	3,582	2,651
Dec 31, 2021	216	3,651	2,700
Dec 31, 2022	220	3,696	2,739

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