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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	Albania	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	138	26,168	3,085	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	141	26,771	3,065	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	144	27,387	3,047	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	147	28,017	3,038	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	151	28,662	3,026	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	154	29,321	3,014	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	158	29,996	2,998	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	161	30,686	2,979	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	165	31,393	2,957	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	168	32,137	2,934	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	172	33,078	2,915	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	176	33,891	2,900	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	180	34,568	2,892	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	183	35,293	2,888	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	187	36,093	2,882	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	190	37,058	2,876	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	194	38,165	2,868	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	198	39,294	2,863	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	201	40,512	2,861	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	204	41,764	2,854	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	208	42,952	2,842	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	212	44,121	2,825	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	216	45,290	2,799	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	220	46,498	2,787	3,696

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.

All data sources

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, Albania, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.