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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	Tunisia	Congo - Kinshasa	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	9,417	51,181	138
Dec 31, 2000	9,514	52,782	141
Dec 31, 2001	9,613	54,453	144
Dec 31, 2002	9,711	56,170	147
Dec 31, 2003	9,810	57,860	151
Dec 31, 2004	9,906	59,599	154
Dec 31, 2005	9,997	61,474	158
Dec 31, 2006	10,087	63,479	161
Dec 31, 2007	10,178	65,590	165
Dec 31, 2008	10,274	67,800	168
Dec 31, 2009	10,377	70,114	172
Dec 31, 2010	10,491	72,550	176
Dec 31, 2011	10,612	75,138	180
Dec 31, 2012	10,737	77,792	183
Dec 31, 2013	10,866	80,534	187
Dec 31, 2014	10,996	83,368	190
Dec 31, 2015	11,124	86,229	194
Dec 31, 2016	11,248	89,193	198
Dec 31, 2017	11,365	92,209	201
Dec 31, 2018	11,477	95,232	204
Dec 31, 2019	11,583	98,320	208
Dec 31, 2020	11,681	101,499	212
Dec 31, 2021	11,772	104,767	216
Dec 31, 2022	11,862	108,171	220

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 Tunisia, Congo - Kinshasa, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.