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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	Tanzania
Dec 31, 1999	138	2,348	32,912
Dec 31, 2000	141	2,403	33,953
Dec 31, 2001	144	2,457	34,974
Dec 31, 2002	147	2,510	36,021
Dec 31, 2003	151	2,562	37,100
Dec 31, 2004	154	2,613	38,167
Dec 31, 2005	158	2,663	39,262
Dec 31, 2006	161	2,713	40,387
Dec 31, 2007	165	2,764	41,557
Dec 31, 2008	168	2,816	42,741
Dec 31, 2009	172	2,871	43,889
Dec 31, 2010	176	2,928	45,132
Dec 31, 2011	180	2,986	46,531
Dec 31, 2012	183	3,047	47,965
Dec 31, 2013	187	3,110	49,437
Dec 31, 2014	190	3,174	50,965
Dec 31, 2015	194	3,240	52,604
Dec 31, 2016	198	3,307	54,336
Dec 31, 2017	201	3,375	56,062
Dec 31, 2018	204	3,444	57,765
Dec 31, 2019	208	3,512	59,465
Dec 31, 2020	212	3,582	61,191
Dec 31, 2021	216	3,651	62,944
Dec 31, 2022	220	3,696	64,835

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