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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	Nepal	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	23,087	138
Dec 31, 2000	23,487	141
Dec 31, 2001	23,887	144
Dec 31, 2002	24,273	147
Dec 31, 2003	24,645	151
Dec 31, 2004	24,989	154
Dec 31, 2005	25,255	158
Dec 31, 2006	25,484	161
Dec 31, 2007	25,732	165
Dec 31, 2008	25,998	168
Dec 31, 2009	26,298	172
Dec 31, 2010	26,664	176
Dec 31, 2011	27,081	180
Dec 31, 2012	27,505	183
Dec 31, 2013	27,917	187
Dec 31, 2014	28,311	190
Dec 31, 2015	28,678	194
Dec 31, 2016	29,034	198
Dec 31, 2017	29,384	201
Dec 31, 2018	29,718	204
Dec 31, 2019	30,057	208
Dec 31, 2020	30,595	212
Dec 31, 2021	31,311	216
Dec 31, 2022	31,845	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 Nepal, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.