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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	Estonia	Iceland	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	1,378	277	138
Dec 31, 2000	1,400	281	141
Dec 31, 2001	1,391	285	144
Dec 31, 2002	1,382	288	147
Dec 31, 2003	1,374	289	151
Dec 31, 2004	1,365	293	154
Dec 31, 2005	1,357	296	158
Dec 31, 2006	1,349	304	161
Dec 31, 2007	1,341	311	165
Dec 31, 2008	1,337	319	168
Dec 31, 2009	1,334	319	172
Dec 31, 2010	1,332	318	176
Dec 31, 2011	1,328	319	180
Dec 31, 2012	1,324	321	183
Dec 31, 2013	1,319	324	187
Dec 31, 2014	1,314	327	190
Dec 31, 2015	1,312	331	194
Dec 31, 2016	1,314	335	198
Dec 31, 2017	1,314	343	201
Dec 31, 2018	1,318	353	204
Dec 31, 2019	1,323	361	208
Dec 31, 2020	1,327	366	212
Dec 31, 2021	1,329	372	216
Dec 31, 2022	1,330	380	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.

All data sources

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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