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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	Yemen	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	138	16,728	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	141	17,236	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	144	17,762	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	147	18,310	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	151	18,855	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	154	19,410	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	158	20,000	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	161	20,611	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	165	21,236	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	168	21,878	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	172	22,533	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	176	23,195	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	180	23,880	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	183	24,594	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	187	25,311	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	190	26,020	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	194	26,698	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	198	27,347	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	201	27,985	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	204	28,608	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	208	29,216	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	212	29,811	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	216	30,399	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	220	31,058	46,498

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, Yemen, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.