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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	Lithuania
Dec 31, 1999	138	26,168	3,419
Dec 31, 2000	141	26,771	3,395
Dec 31, 2001	144	27,387	3,367
Dec 31, 2002	147	28,017	3,340
Dec 31, 2003	151	28,662	3,313
Dec 31, 2004	154	29,321	3,276
Dec 31, 2005	158	29,996	3,223
Dec 31, 2006	161	30,686	3,172
Dec 31, 2007	165	31,393	3,134
Dec 31, 2008	168	32,137	3,102
Dec 31, 2009	172	33,078	3,068
Dec 31, 2010	176	33,891	3,004
Dec 31, 2011	180	34,568	2,937
Dec 31, 2012	183	35,293	2,898
Dec 31, 2013	187	36,093	2,869
Dec 31, 2014	190	37,058	2,844
Dec 31, 2015	194	38,165	2,818
Dec 31, 2016	198	39,294	2,782
Dec 31, 2017	201	40,512	2,744
Dec 31, 2018	204	41,764	2,718
Dec 31, 2019	208	42,952	2,710
Dec 31, 2020	212	44,121	2,711
Dec 31, 2021	216	45,290	2,724
Dec 31, 2022	220	46,498	2,748

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