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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	Iceland	Finland	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,166	138
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,176	141
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,188	144
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,201	147
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,213	151
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,228	154
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,246	158
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,266	161
Dec 31, 2007	311	5,289	165
Dec 31, 2008	319	5,313	168
Dec 31, 2009	319	5,339	172
Dec 31, 2010	318	5,363	176
Dec 31, 2011	319	5,388	180
Dec 31, 2012	321	5,414	183
Dec 31, 2013	324	5,439	187
Dec 31, 2014	327	5,463	190
Dec 31, 2015	331	5,481	194
Dec 31, 2016	335	5,495	198
Dec 31, 2017	343	5,508	201
Dec 31, 2018	353	5,516	204
Dec 31, 2019	361	5,522	208
Dec 31, 2020	366	5,531	212
Dec 31, 2021	372	5,542	216
Dec 31, 2022	380	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

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.

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.