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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	Finland	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	5,166	138
Dec 31, 2000	5,176	141
Dec 31, 2001	5,188	144
Dec 31, 2002	5,201	147
Dec 31, 2003	5,213	151
Dec 31, 2004	5,228	154
Dec 31, 2005	5,246	158
Dec 31, 2006	5,266	161
Dec 31, 2007	5,289	165
Dec 31, 2008	5,313	168
Dec 31, 2009	5,339	172
Dec 31, 2010	5,363	176
Dec 31, 2011	5,388	180
Dec 31, 2012	5,414	183
Dec 31, 2013	5,439	187
Dec 31, 2014	5,463	190
Dec 31, 2015	5,481	194
Dec 31, 2016	5,495	198
Dec 31, 2017	5,508	201
Dec 31, 2018	5,516	204
Dec 31, 2019	5,522	208
Dec 31, 2020	5,531	212
Dec 31, 2021	5,542	216
Dec 31, 2022	5,556	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

Finland

1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

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