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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	Zambia	Saudi Arabia	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	19,964	138
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	20,426	141
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	20,956	144
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	21,549	147
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	22,189	151
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	22,850	154
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	23,516	158
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	24,178	161
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	24,841	165
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	25,518	168
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	26,227	172
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	27,068	176
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	27,810	180
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	28,516	183
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	29,220	187
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	29,936	190
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	30,646	194
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	31,360	198
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	32,184	201
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	32,869	204
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	33,661	208
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	34,542	212
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	33,651	216
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	34,081	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

Zambia

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

No separate list is published for São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.