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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	Sudan	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	138	26,168	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	141	26,771	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	144	27,387	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	147	28,017	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	151	28,662	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	154	29,321	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	158	29,996	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	161	30,686	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	165	31,393	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	168	32,137	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	172	33,078	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	176	33,891	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	180	34,568	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	183	35,293	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	187	36,093	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	190	37,058	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	194	38,165	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	198	39,294	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	201	40,512	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	204	41,764	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	208	42,952	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	212	44,121	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	216	45,290	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	220	46,498	10,099

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, Sudan, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.