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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Israel	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,927	138
Dec 31, 2000	281	6,088	141
Dec 31, 2001	285	6,236	144
Dec 31, 2002	288	6,366	147
Dec 31, 2003	289	6,484	151
Dec 31, 2004	293	6,603	154
Dec 31, 2005	296	6,723	158
Dec 31, 2006	304	6,846	161
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,972	165
Dec 31, 2008	319	7,100	168
Dec 31, 2009	319	7,226	172
Dec 31, 2010	318	7,360	176
Dec 31, 2011	319	7,498	180
Dec 31, 2012	321	7,637	183
Dec 31, 2013	324	7,781	187
Dec 31, 2014	327	7,931	190
Dec 31, 2015	331	8,091	194
Dec 31, 2016	335	8,251	198
Dec 31, 2017	343	8,412	201
Dec 31, 2018	353	8,576	204
Dec 31, 2019	361	8,742	208
Dec 31, 2020	366	8,899	212
Dec 31, 2021	372	9,047	216
Dec 31, 2022	380	9,188	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.

Israel

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91

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