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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	São Tomé & Príncipe	Israel
Dec 31, 1999	277	138	5,927
Dec 31, 2000	281	141	6,088
Dec 31, 2001	285	144	6,236
Dec 31, 2002	288	147	6,366
Dec 31, 2003	289	151	6,484
Dec 31, 2004	293	154	6,603
Dec 31, 2005	296	158	6,723
Dec 31, 2006	304	161	6,846
Dec 31, 2007	311	165	6,972
Dec 31, 2008	319	168	7,100
Dec 31, 2009	319	172	7,226
Dec 31, 2010	318	176	7,360
Dec 31, 2011	319	180	7,498
Dec 31, 2012	321	183	7,637
Dec 31, 2013	324	187	7,781
Dec 31, 2014	327	190	7,931
Dec 31, 2015	331	194	8,091
Dec 31, 2016	335	198	8,251
Dec 31, 2017	343	201	8,412
Dec 31, 2018	353	204	8,576
Dec 31, 2019	361	208	8,742
Dec 31, 2020	366	212	8,899
Dec 31, 2021	372	216	9,047
Dec 31, 2022	380	220	9,188

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.