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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	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	138	26,168	152
Dec 31, 2000	141	26,771	153
Dec 31, 2001	144	27,387	154
Dec 31, 2002	147	28,017	155
Dec 31, 2003	151	28,662	156
Dec 31, 2004	154	29,321	157
Dec 31, 2005	158	29,996	157
Dec 31, 2006	161	30,686	158
Dec 31, 2007	165	31,393	159
Dec 31, 2008	168	32,137	160
Dec 31, 2009	172	33,078	160
Dec 31, 2010	176	33,891	161
Dec 31, 2011	180	34,568	162
Dec 31, 2012	183	35,293	162
Dec 31, 2013	187	36,093	163
Dec 31, 2014	190	37,058	163
Dec 31, 2015	194	38,165	164
Dec 31, 2016	198	39,294	164
Dec 31, 2017	201	40,512	165
Dec 31, 2018	204	41,764	166
Dec 31, 2019	208	42,952	166
Dec 31, 2020	212	44,121	167
Dec 31, 2021	216	45,290	167
Dec 31, 2022	220	46,498	167

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, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.