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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	Puerto Rico	São Tomé & Príncipe	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	3,800	138	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	3,811	141	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	3,819	144	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	3,824	147	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	3,826	151	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	3,827	154	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	3,822	158	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	3,805	161	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	3,783	165	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	3,761	168	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	3,741	172	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	3,722	176	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	3,679	180	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	3,636	183	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	3,589	187	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	3,534	190	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	3,473	194	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	3,411	198	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	3,352	201	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	3,295	204	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	3,268	208	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	3,247	212	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	3,232	216	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	3,228	220	1,330

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 Puerto Rico, São Tomé & Príncipe, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.