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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	Yemen	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	1,378	16,728	138
Dec 31, 2000	1,400	17,236	141
Dec 31, 2001	1,391	17,762	144
Dec 31, 2002	1,382	18,310	147
Dec 31, 2003	1,374	18,855	151
Dec 31, 2004	1,365	19,410	154
Dec 31, 2005	1,357	20,000	158
Dec 31, 2006	1,349	20,611	161
Dec 31, 2007	1,341	21,236	165
Dec 31, 2008	1,337	21,878	168
Dec 31, 2009	1,334	22,533	172
Dec 31, 2010	1,332	23,195	176
Dec 31, 2011	1,328	23,880	180
Dec 31, 2012	1,324	24,594	183
Dec 31, 2013	1,319	25,311	187
Dec 31, 2014	1,314	26,020	190
Dec 31, 2015	1,312	26,698	194
Dec 31, 2016	1,314	27,347	198
Dec 31, 2017	1,314	27,985	201
Dec 31, 2018	1,318	28,608	204
Dec 31, 2019	1,323	29,216	208
Dec 31, 2020	1,327	29,811	212
Dec 31, 2021	1,329	30,399	216
Dec 31, 2022	1,330	31,058	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 Estonia, Yemen, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.